WoodcrestCA
A town of 17,368, settled in 1926.
Is Woodcrest a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Overall it grades C+, 322nd of 841 graded towns in California. The median household earns $154K. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $786K for a typical one and 8.8 times the Riverside metro’s $90K median household income. Woodcrest’s median rent is $2,909 a month, above both the California town median ($1,895 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
97% of working residents leave Woodcrest for work
Where Woodcrest’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Woodcrest grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Woodcrest is from typical.
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Disneyland and 76 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodcrest. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Theme parkKnott's Berry Farm4.5M visitors a year
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaAngel Stadium of Anaheim
Big draw32 mi Theme parkDisney California Adventure10.1M visitors a year
30 mi Stadium & arenaHonda Center
26 mi MuseumRichard Nixon Presidential Library and MuseumPhoto credits
Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Angel Stadium of Anaheim: Staff Sgt. Chad McMeen, Public domain · Disney California Adventure: CrispyCream27, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Honda Center: Arnold C (Buchanan-Hermit), Attribution · Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: The original uploader was Sorcha at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Woodcrest: who provides what
Woodcrest is unincorporated, so Riverside County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Woodcrest.
Woodcrest has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has commutes longer than most of California.
Conserved land covers 0% of Woodcrest
16 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Woodcrest is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woodcrest Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Woodcrest’s public schools outperform 64% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Riverside Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcrest ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 660 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Very high risk in Woodcrest, with inland flooding at the top
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Woodcrest since 2013.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Woodcrest’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
The average commute for its 7,111 working residents takes 39.6 minutes, against 28.7 across California. Jobs based here grew from 1,434 in 2013 to 2,319.
Most working residents leave Woodcrest for work: only 3% work in town. Woodcrest’s average trip to work is 40 minutes. Since 2013, Woodcrest has added 885 jobs, to 2,319 in 2023.
| Woodcrest | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $154,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Woodcrest, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Riverside Citrus Exp weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 103 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 43.7°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 93°.
Woodcrest has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Woodcrest | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 93°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 44°F | 40°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Woodcrest ranks healthier than 63% of the country’s towns
Against the 2,528 U.S. towns with household incomes like Woodcrest’s, it is less healthy than 93%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Woodcrest beats the California average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 74% of adults had a checkup this year in Woodcrest.
| Woodcrest | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 29% | 35% |
| What stands out | Woodcrest | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.6% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.9% | 17.9% |
| More adults with obesity | 34.8% | 27.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like California’s
The median household earns $153,731, against $99,122 across California, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the California average. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California. 24% of Woodcrest residents are under 18.
| Woodcrest | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 39.1 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Woodcrest | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.7% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.6% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.3% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.6% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes in Woodcrest sell for about $1.05M
The median sale price was $1,048,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Woodcrest
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Woodcrest
About 10 of every 100 Woodcrest residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Woodcrest
Census-designated place in California, United States
Woodcrest is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Inland Empire region of Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 15,378 at the 2020 census, up from 14,347 at the 2010 census. The adjacent city of Riverside lists Woodcrest as an area for potential annexation.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,535 ft
Woodcrest’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Woodcrest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcrest | #322 | C+ | D | — | B | B |
| Riverside | #568 | D | D | D | B | C+ |
| El Sobrante | #296 | C+ | D− | — | B | A− |
| Lake Mathews | #471 | C− | D− | — | B+ | B |
| Mead Valley | #650 | D | D | — | C+ | C− |
| March ARB | — | — | D− | — | C+ | D |
March ARB has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Woodcrest, El Sobrante, Lake Mathews, Mead Valley and March ARB report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Woodcrest with a neighbor →
Questions about Woodcrest
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodcrest, CA a good place to live?
Woodcrest grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #322 of 841 in California. It grades B for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Woodcrest, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $786,000, 3% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.