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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-LA-RIVIERA-CA · La Riviera, CA 11,503 pop · income 72nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around La Riviera
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Riviera on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Caño Martin P… · lowest
17,817
Caño Martin P… · lowest
17,817 median HH income
11.6% of the leader · rank #1
La Riviera · this city
91,111
La Riviera · this city
91,111 median HH income
59.5% of the leader · rank #2
Bethel · near
91,111
Bethel · near
91,111 median HH income
59.5% of the leader · rank #3
Kirtland · near
91,111
Kirtland · near
91,111 median HH income
59.5% of the leader · rank #4
Roy · near
91,112
Roy · near
91,112 median HH income
59.5% of the leader · rank #5
Scott AFB · near
91,115
Scott AFB · near
91,115 median HH income
59.5% of the leader · rank #6
Half Moon Bay · highest
153,199
Half Moon Bay · highest
153,199 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for La Riviera on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 11,503.
La Riviera ranks in the 72nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
72nd
percentile, household income
80th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: La Riviera, CA
11,503 people live in La Riviera, California - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in La Riviera report a median income of $91,111 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.8%. Typical homes in La Riviera are valued around $433,400, and the median resident age is 34.0 years. Educational attainment runs 37.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 69.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, California scores 110.7 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in La Riviera report an average commute of 24.3 minutes, with 60.5% driving alone and 21.4% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of La Riviera's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For La Riviera, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for La Riviera?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within California, the closest population matches are Half Moon Bay (11,454 residents, $153,199 income); Signal Hill (11,563 residents, $102,303 income); Home Gardens (11,430 residents, $92,344 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lincolnton, NC (11,503 residents); Caño Martin Peña comunidad, PR (11,508 residents); Oskaloosa, IA (11,492 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in La Riviera?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in La Riviera?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.3 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Above median income · poverty 4.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C-
City profile score · La Riviera, CA
54/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B
37.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B
$91,111
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
La Riviera profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 72/100 (B) · 37.9%
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $91,111
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.8%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does La Riviera compare to other US cities?
Here's how La Riviera stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value80% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares La Riviera against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places La Riviera near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Riviera ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Riviera only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#617 of 1,338
54th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#810 of 1,343
40th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#862 of 1,450
40th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#470 of 1,458
68th percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
72nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How La Riviera's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$433,40020th percentilemore affordable than 20% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
La Riviera's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,480 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,493 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.8×, La Riviera sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,480 of 15,516 and #2,493 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$91,111La Riviera, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Riviera, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for La Riviera, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,503
Median Income
$91,111
Median Home Value
$433,400
Median Age
34.0
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Labor force participation
69.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.3 minutes
Drive Alone
60.5%
Carpool
10.7%
Public Transit
2.2%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
21.4%
Other
3.9%
Based on 6,272 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for La Riviera. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around La Riviera is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county La Riviera sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Riviera compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.