County profile
Riverside County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#41 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$134.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
687,526
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
46,244
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,544,916
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$93.1k±$1.0k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%
Poverty rate
10.6%±0.3%
Business applications
29,037 · 2025
Retail establishments
5,630
22.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Monster Beverage CorporationConsumer Defensive$8.3B75B+2Amcor Financial CorporationFinancial Services$160.8M——3Temecula Valley Bancorp Inc.Financial Services$94.7M——4GP Solutions, Inc.Industrials$4.5M——5Advanced Container Technologies, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.8M——6Environmental Service Professionals, Inc.Industrials$1.3M——7SOHM, Inc.Healthcare$1.2M61C8Forge Innovation Development Corp.Real Estate$668.3k——9IGEN Networks Corp.Technology$318.0k——10TurnKey Capital, Inc.Technology$119.5k——11Tech Central, Inc.Communication Services$39.0k——12Active Health Foods, Inc.Financial Services$29.5k——13Attune RTD, IncTechnology$950——14Hop-on, Inc.Technology$0——15GBX International Group Inc.Communication Services$0——16Global Warming Solutions, Inc.Industrials$0——17Get Real USA, Inc.Communication Services———18Extreme Biodiesel, Inc.Real Estate———19Sports Pouch Beverage Co. Inc.Consumer Defensive———20Triad Pro Innovators, Inc.Utilities———21Full Alliance Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical———22Monarch Gulf Exploration, Inc.Energy———23Ingen Technologies, Inc.Healthcare———24Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.Financial Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care20%
Construction14%
Transportation12%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,544,916
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $56.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+60,885
International migration+29,797
Natural change+30,211
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$95.3B2019
$96.4B2020
$107.1B2021
$117.8B2022
$127.0B2023
$134.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$557.3k±$2.8k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
10.8%±0.3%
Affordability
9.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.7B
9,697 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 100Earthquake 100Landslide 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
8202016
8822017
9452018
9832019
10232020
11992021
14282022
14732023
15582024
15782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 20219,2642021
10,2842022
12,9532023
9,5982024
9,6972025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.3 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
17.7 km
UP
Nearest port
141.8 km
SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC
Nearest commercial airport
48.2 km
PALM SPRINGS INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Riverside?
Riverside's economy produced $134.8B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.