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38.57° N · 121.35° W · GEOID 0640410

La Riviera

Sacramento County, California · part of the Sacramento, CA metro

CaliforniaLa Riviera, CALa RivieraLa Riviera

The short answer

La Riviera is home to 11,492 people. Median household income is $97,975 a year and median rent is $1,849 a month, 22.6% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $459,200, about 4.7x annual median household income.

La Riviera is defined by its growth. Household income growth is 8.7% a year, against 4.5% a year in its closest peers. Also notable: Rent took 25.2% of the median income in the 2019 survey and 22.6% in 2024. In the 25 places most like it the share rose 0.5 points on average, so affordability held up better here.

40OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Below average

La Riviera scores better than 40% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 189th of 654 in California.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%31
Economy 20%53
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%45
Education 10%65
Commute 10%45
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,849
35% above the median place
Median household income
$97,975
22% above the median place
Median home value
$459,200
44% above the median place
Unemployment
5.5%
13% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about La Riviera

  • Work and commuting24% of workers mostly work from home, more than in 87% of the 2,241 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
01

Moving to La Riviera

Sacramento County loses about 4.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in51,321
Moved out57,099
Net−5,778

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Placer County, CA5,0888,918−3,830
Yolo County, CA3,3842,795+589
El Dorado County, CA2,0882,695−607
Alameda County, CA2,7361,527+1,209
Santa Clara County, CA2,7231,270+1,453

Within California, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within CaliforniaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$72K
Leavers$74K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Sacramento County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
7.6% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 0.9% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Sacramento County report $71,700 a year in income on average; those leaving, $73,700.
Income you would need
$74,000 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,849 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,034 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $459,200.
Getting to work
26 minutes each way on average; 24.5% work from home; 1.3% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Horsham, PA matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
7.6%
32% above the median place
Moved from another state1
0.9%
56% below the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people7
-4.5
below the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureLa RivieraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year17.6%32% above
Moved from another state1County figure0.9%56% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-4.5below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$71,6742% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$73,6865% above
02

What it costs to live here

Owning with a mortgage costs only about $185 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 87% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

La Riviera22.6%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$73,960
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
22.6%
11% above the median place
Home price to income
4.7x
23% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
23%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$74,400
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in La Riviera, $1,849 a month, and local prices for everything else (101.8 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like La Riviera, but easier on the budget

Places that match La Riviera on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Horsham, PA8918.3% vs 22.6%$2,900Compare
Matawan, NJ8717.7% vs 22.6%$22,100Compare
Elgin, TX8519.0% vs 22.6%$4,500Compare
Crystal City, TX8417.1% vs 22.6%n/aCompare

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Median home value1
$459,200
44% above the median place
Property tax rate1
0.7%
22% below the median place
Homeownership1
60.9%
8% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureLa RivieraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,84935% above
Rent to income122.6%11% above
Property tax rate10.7%22% below
Home price to income14.7x23% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure106.76% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,20136% above
HUD area median income4County figure$124,00016% above
Property tax paid (median)1$3,2750% above
Median home value1$459,20044% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure0.6%82% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure36.9%28% below
Homeownership160.9%8% below
Renters paying 30%+154.0%7% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,0349% above
Vacant homes16.6%7% below
Median year built119750% below
03

Work and pay

OpenStreetMap shows 15.3 bus and rail stops per square mile, more than in 91% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

Works from home1
24.5%
97% above the median place
Median household income1
$97,975
22% above the median place
Unemployment1
5.5%
13% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Income per person$44,265 +10%
Mean commute26 min +4%
Poverty rate10.8% +1%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureLa RivieraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$97,97522% above
Income per person1$44,26510% above
Unemployment15.5%13% above
Average annual pay6County figure$82,00324% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure2.3%38% below
Jobs6County figure733,061387% above
Poverty rate110.8%1% above
Mean commute126 min4% above
Works from home124.5%97% above
Commutes by transit1County figure1.3%58% above
04

Who lives here

Median age is 33.7, 14% below the median place.

Median age1
33.7
14% below the median place
Homes with broadband1
95.5%
3% above the median place
Born abroad1
13.7%
55% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

No health insurance5.1% −20%
Bachelor's or higher39.8% +24%
Household size2.6 +4%
High school or higher92.2% −0%
All 8 people measures
MeasureLa RivieraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population111,4923699th largest
Median age133.714% below
Bachelor's or higher139.8%24% above
High school or higher192.2%0% below
Household size12.64% above
Born abroad113.7%55% above
No health insurance15.1%20% below
Homes with broadband195.5%3% above
05

Life in La Riviera

The nearest National Park Service site is Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, about 51 miles away.

112 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 7 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents4.3 −57%
Playgrounds per 10k3.5 −63%
Grocery stores per 10k1.7 −18%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k7.0 −38%
Libraries per 10k0.9 +0%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −95%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi15.3 72.7×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial 51 miles
  • John Muir National Historic Site 58 miles
  • Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site 63 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars20.5 −1%
Shops23.5 −22%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.2 −22%
Doctors' offices and clinics18.0 −11%
Child care centers2.1 −9%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
50.9
65% above the median place
Public school students12
259,342
above the median place (median 4,897)
Public schools12
387
above the median place (median 9)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureLa RivieraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure387above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure259,342above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure23.251% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure20.51% below
Shops per 10k8County figure23.522% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure3.222% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure18.011% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure2.19% below
Parks per 10k94.357% below
Playgrounds per 10k93.563% below
Grocery stores per 10k91.718% below
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k97.038% below
Libraries per 10k90.90% above
Named paths and bike trails90.195% below
Transit stops per sq mi915.3above (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site1050.965% above
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1020% above
National Register listings11County figure112above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

July average high is 94°F, 8% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached La Riviera. Larger places are fetched first.

July average high13
94°F
8% above the median place
Annual precipitation13
19.5 in
55% below the median place
Wildfire risk14
95.9
57% above the median place
All 10 weather and risk measures
MeasureLa RivieraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure94°F8% above
January average low13County figure39°F55% above
Average temperature13County figure62°F13% above
Annual precipitation13County figure19.5 in55% below
Natural hazard risk14County figure98.16% above
Tornado risk14County figure65.020% below
Wildfire risk14County figure95.957% above
Heat wave risk14County figure96.17% above
Median air quality index15County figure4914% above
Good air days15County figure54.2%21% below
08

La Riviera in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 23% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 23% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, La Riviera does better than 32% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 68%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,849/mo (2024)$2,390/mo$1,960 to $2,910/mo+4.3%
Median household income$97,975 (2024)$126,500$106,500 to $149,500+4.3%
Median home value$459,200 (2024)$667,000$484,000 to $919,000+6.4%

The median home would be worth 5.3 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.7 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like La Riviera

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Belgrade, MT$1,877$97,328Compare
Bull Run, VA$2,002$89,679Compare
Eaton, CO$1,707$106,294Compare
Clovis, CA$1,792$99,241Compare
Clovis, CAEaton, COBull Run, VABelgrade, MTLa Riviera, CALa RivieraBelgradeBull RunEatonClovisLa RivieraBelgradeBull RunEatonClovis

Places built like La Riviera

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how La Riviera performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
La Riviera, CA22.6%8.7%/yrn/a
Rosemont, CA24.4%5.2%/yrn/aCompare
Mountlake Terrace, WA22.3%8.1%/yr19.4%Compare
Rockcreek, OR18.9%4.2%/yrn/aCompare
Steilacoom, WA21.6%4.1%/yr-1.2%Compare
Horsham, PA18.3%3.0%/yrn/aCompare
White Center, WA22.0%8.2%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is La Riviera a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 40 out of 100, better than 40% of the places we rate and 189th of 654 in California. 24% of workers mostly work from home, more than in 87% of the 2,241 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 33 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is La Riviera expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 22.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $459,200.

What salary do you need to live in La Riviera?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $73,960 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to La Riviera?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Belgrade, MT, Bull Run, VA, Eaton, CO and Clovis, CA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares La Riviera with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for La Riviera itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/la-riviera-california

Citytistics. “La Riviera, California.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/la-riviera-california/

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