City data

Time zone: Pacific
Area code: 909 (Riverside only);213, 310, 323, 424, 562, 626, 714, 805 and 818 (greater
                    Los Angeles area)
County: Riverside County, Calif.
Land area: 77.7 square miles (Riverside only)
Altitude: 858 feet above sea level
Derivation of name: From the location beside the Santa Ana River
Nickname(s) or motto: Home of the Orange; Mission City; Center of the Orange Empire;
                                        "People Serving People"
Neighboring cities: Los Angeles, Ontario, Calif., and San Bernardino, Calif.
History: Founded 1870; incorporated as city 1886; known for its citrus industry; home of the
                parent navel orange
Total population:

Population density: 3,283 per square mile
Population growth (1992-99): 10 percent
Population influx, by state (percentage of American-born residents who are natives of other states) as of 1994: 40.8 percent (for California) (No. 16 highest population influx among 50 U.S. states)

Projected population growth (projected population change: 1994 - 2020) as of 1998:
          200% (for Riverside County)
Per capita income (for the metropolitan statistical area, or MSA):
          $19,090 (8.6 percent increase 1990-96)

Housing

Typical corporate-level home (single-family, four-bedroom, 2-½-bath, 2,200-square-foot dwelling with two-car garage) (as of 1999):

• $192,333 (for Riverside/Ontario, Calif.)

• N/A (for Los Angeles specifically)

• $743,825 (for northern Beverly Hills, Calif.)

• $743,200 (for southern Beverly Hills)

• $530,000 (for Hollywood Hills, Calif.)

• $361,375 (for Long Beach, Calif.)

• $537,750 (for Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.)

• $499,125 (for Pasadena, Calif.)

• $264,500 (for Santa Clarita, Calif.)

• $354,675 (for Torrance, Calif.)

• $387,950 (for Irvine, Calif.)

• $336,725 (for Mission Viejo, Calif.)

• $457,442 (for Newport Beach, Calif.)

• $316,833 (for Yorba Linda, Calif.)

Property taxes, by state (property taxes per capita) (as of 1994):
          $602 per capita (for California) (No. 24 highest property taxes among 50 U.S. states)

Weather

Average temperature in January
(daily mean temperature in Fahrenheit degrees): 56.8 degrees (for Los Angeles)

Average temperature in July
(daily mean temperature in Fahrenheit degrees): 69.1 degrees (for Los Angeles)

Average annual snowfall: Only a trace amount annually (for Los Angeles)

Seasonal average humidity: 64 percent

Average number of rainy days each year: 35 rainy days annually (for Los Angeles)

Winter temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 41/69 degrees

Spring temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 47/86 degrees

Summer temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 58/94 degrees

Fall temperature range (in Fahrenheit degrees): 41/82 degrees

Economic status

Annual cost-of-living index (1999)

U.S. average: 100.0

For Riverside, Calif. (with index weight for each component shown as percentage):

Composite (100% composite index): 111.0

• Grocery items (16%): 108.3
• Housing (28%): 112.0
• Utilities (8%): 121.0
• Transportation (10%): 117.3
• Health care (5%): 120.6
• Miscellaneous goods and services (33%): 105.7

• Maximum personal income tax: 10.0 percent 
• Sales tax: 7.75 percent

Employment -- March 2000 (for Riverside/San Bernardino, Calif.): 
          1,492,900 employed; 4.5% unemployed

Projected job growth, by state (projected employment change: 1988-2020) as of 1994:
          30.5 percent (for California) (No. 5 highest projected job growth among 50 U.S. states)

Projected income growth, by state (proj. per-capita income change: 1988 - 2020) as of 1994:
          30.2 percent (for California) (No. 41 highest projected income growth among 
          50 U.S. states)

ACCRA Cost of Living Index
Fourth Quarter 1999

Cost of Living Index

The following information will enable you to do your own city-by-city comparison of national cost-of-living differences. All index numbers are based on the composite prices of groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, clothing and entertainment in each city listed, with 100.0 as the national average. To calculate your approximate purchasing power in various areas, use the adjacent salary comparison equation.

A cost of living comparison is available on the Internet at www.homefair.com.

City-by-City Index

*Source: VirtualRelocation.com