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Welcome to the Apartment List April 2025 Rent Report for Riverside, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,816, roughly the same as last month. Prices and are now up 1.8% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Riverside rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Riverside metro area and the nation as a whole.
The median rent in Riverside rose by 0.3% over the course of March, and has now increased by a total of 1.8% over the past 12 months. Riverside’s rent growth over the past year has is similar to the state average (1.7%) and has outpaced the national average (-0.4%).
Three months into the year, rents in Riverside have risen 1.7%. This is a similar rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to March 2024 rents had increased 1.4%.
Riverside rents went up 0.3% in the past month, compared to the national rate of 0.6%. Among the nation's 100 largest cities, this ranks #69. Similar monthly rent growth took place in Phoenix, AZ (0.3%) and Chandler, AZ (0.3%).
Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $1,506 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $1,810 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (ie, the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,816. That ranks #19 in the nation, among the country's 100 largest cities.
For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,216 for a 1-bedroom, $1,370 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,384 overall. The median rent in Riverside is 31.2% higher than the national, and is similar to the prices you would find in Miami, FL ($1,927) and Scottsdale, AZ ($1,756).
If we expand our view to the wider Riverside metro area, the median rent is $1,854 meaning that the median price in Riverside proper ($1,816) is 2.0% lower than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at 0.8%, below the rate of rent growth within just the city.
The table below shows the latest rent stats for 13 cities in the Riverside metro area that are included in our database. Among them, Chino Hills is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $2,874. Colton is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,613. The metro's fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Colton (5.2%) while the slowest is in Temecula (-3.0%).
You can also use the map below to explore the latest rent trends in the Riverside metropolitan area.
Apartment List is committed to the accuracy and transparency of our rent estimates. We begin with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, capturing apartment transactions over time to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country. Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. For more details, please see the Apartment List Rent Estimate Methodology.
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Welcome to the Apartment List April 2025 Rent Report for Riverside, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,816, roughly the same as last month. Prices and are now up 1.8% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Riverside rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Riverside metro area and the nation as a whole.
Apartment List has released Riverside’s results from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of 111 million American renters nationwide.
"Riverside renters expressed general dissatisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "Interestingly, ratings for Riverside vary widely across categories such as jobs and career opportunities and commute time."
Key findings in Riverside include the following:
Renters say:
For more information on the survey methodology and findings or to speak to one of our researchers, please contact our team at rentonomics@apartmentlist.com.
If you want to escape the superficial-reality-show lifestyle of Orange County, but don’t want to live in the gritty, post-apocalyptic urban landscape that is LA, then Riverside is the perfect middle ground. The people are real, the vibe is laid back, and the surrounding mountain views look great from just about any apartment.
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View Riverside City GuideIf you want to escape the superficial-reality-show lifestyle of Orange County, but don’t want to live in the gritty, post-apocalyptic urban landscape that is LA, then Riverside is the perfect middle ground. The people are real, the vibe is laid back, and the surrounding mountain views look great from just about any apartment.
California Charm
The representation of ethnic minorities in Riverside is higher than the national average. The eight main ethnic groups that make up the population of Riverside are Hispanic Or Latino (55.9%), White (25.3%), Asian (8.5%), Black Or African American (6.6%), Two Or More (2.9%), Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander (0.5%), Other (0.3%), and American Indian Or Alaska Native (0.1%).
The representation of ethnic minorities in Riverside is higher than the national average. The eight main ethnic groups that make up the population of Riverside are Hispanic Or Latino (55.9%), White (25.3%), Asian (8.5%), Black Or African American (6.6%), Two Or More (2.9%), Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander (0.5%), Other (0.3%), and American Indian Or Alaska Native (0.1%).
Apartment List has released the results for Riverside from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters nationwide, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of the country’s 111 million renters.
