Riverside rents and rental comps

Name: Riverside, CA rental market data
Creator: PropMetrics

The median asking rent across 15 Riverside zip codes is $2,279/month, down 12.5% from a year ago.

The Inland Empire. Where LA and Orange County workers go when they can't afford the coast anymore. Someone else's affordability crisis is your rental demand. The math works, and you still get all the California regulations free of charge.

Median Asking Rent

$2,279

Rent Change (YoY)

-12.5%

Avg Days on Market

Active Rental Listings

1,182

Median List Price

$635,000

Median Asking Rent Over Time

Average across 15 zip codes

12 months-9.2%

Median Asking Rent by ZIP Code

Rental Listings by ZIP Code

ZIP	Median Rent	YoY Growth	$/Sqft	Avg DOM	Listings
92881	$3,900/mo	+4.0%	$1.92	23	24
92508	$3,400/mo	-0.3%	$1.67	26	41
92860	$3,200/mo	-11.1%	$2.80	55	21
92555	$2,900/mo	-7.9%	$1.77	43	42
92506	$2,850/mo	-3.4%	$2.19	34	66
92551	$2,800/mo	+1.8%	$1.73	23	38
92509	$2,795/mo	-3.6%	$2.28	53	45
92503	$2,495/mo	-7.6%	$2.34	42	144
92504	$2,400/mo	-14.3%	$2.42	31	77
92557	$2,350/mo	-16.5%	$2.09	53	63
92505	$2,295/mo	-22.2%	$2.35	49	79
92553	$2,200/mo	-13.7%	$2.27	38	89
92507	$2,000/mo	-25.9%	$2.40	40	214
92501	$1,895/mo	-5.3%	$2.51	52	73
92880	$1,300/mo	-61.8%	$2.15	104	166

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Median Asking Rent by Bedroom

Unit Size	Median Rent	$/Sqft
Studio	$1,487/mo	$3.39/sqft
1 Bedroom	$1,650/mo	$2.64/sqft
2 Bedroom	$2,160/mo	$2.37/sqft
3 Bedroom	$2,995/mo	$2.09/sqft
4 Bedroom	$3,480/mo	$1.81/sqft

Aggregated median across all Riverside zip codes with available data.

For-Sale Listings by ZIP Code

ZIP	Median List Price	YoY Change	$/Sqft
92860	$995,000	+0.6%	$462.57
92880	$929,900	-2.1%	$340.97
92881	$890,000	+0.1%	$402.84
92508	$771,665	-3.3%	$336.02
92506	$759,000	+1.2%	$395.46
92505	$654,900	+0.9%	$347.56
92504	$635,000	-3.0%	$403.23
92509	$635,000	+1.1%	$352.91
92503	$625,000	-0.6%	$362.02
92507	$595,000	-8.4%	$357.39
92555	$580,000	-5.9%	$285.11
92557	$575,000	-2.4%	$311.40
92501	$549,000	-4.5%	$336.25
92551	$540,000	+0.2%	$272.87
92553	$519,900	-2.8%	$359.76

HUD Fair Market Rents

Unit Size	Fair Market Rent	Median Asking Rent	Difference
Studio	$1,600/mo	$1,487/mo	-7%
1 Bedroom	$1,670/mo	$1,650/mo	-1%
2 Bedroom	$2,080/mo	$2,160/mo	+4%
3 Bedroom	$2,780/mo	$2,995/mo	+8%
4 Bedroom	$3,380/mo	$3,480/mo	+3%

HUD publishes Fair Market Rents once a year for the Riverside metro area. Local housing authorities use them to set Section 8 voucher payment standards, usually 90% to 110% of the FMR.

About the Riverside rental market

The median asking rent across Riverside, CA sits at $2,279/month, pulled from active rental listings in 15 zip codes. That's down 12.5% from a year ago.

Rents aren't uniform across the city. ZIP 92881 tops the list at $3,900/month. ZIP 92880 comes in lowest at $1,300/month. That's a 200% spread between the top and bottom zip codes, which is wide. City-wide averages won't tell you much about a specific property here.

A 2-bedroom rents for $2,160/month at the median. 1-bedrooms run about $1,650. 3-bedrooms come in around $2,995.

Listings take longer here. The average is 44 days on market, which gives renters more room to negotiate and means landlords should price carefully.

Rent-to-price math is tight in Riverside. The gross figure sits at about 4.3% ($2,279/month against $635,000 median price). Most investors here are betting on appreciation, not monthly cash flow.

HUD's Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in the Riverside metro is $2,080/month. Asking rents track close to the federal benchmark, within 10%.

The Inland Empire (Riverside-San Bernardino) is one of the largest rental markets in California by population. It runs on one dynamic: it's where people live when they can't afford the coast. Workers commute to LA, Orange County, and San Diego. Logistics employment from Amazon, UPS, and distribution centers adds a local employment base. The Mission Inn area and Canyon Crest are more premium. Eastside and the areas toward San Bernardino are cheaper. California's statewide rent control and tenant protections apply. Riverside offers California exposure at lower price points than the coast, with strong demand from people priced out of more expensive areas. The trade-off is the same regulatory environment as the rest of the state.

These numbers are city-wide averages. If you're pricing a specific property in Riverside, pull comps from the same zip code. The spread is usually bigger than people expect.