Riverside County, CA real estate

What the numbers say

Riverside County, CA real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Riverside County listed for $629,000, down 1.6% from a year earlier. That is 13% below the California median of $725,000.

Homes spent a median of 62 days on the market, faster than 65 days a year ago. That makes Riverside County the #27 fastest-selling of 42 California counties we track.

Homeowners in Riverside County pay a median of $4,348 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $557,300, an effective rate of about 0.78%. The California average is 0.70%, which makes Riverside County the #54 lowest-tax of 58 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,901 a month, and $1,810 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 28 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $629,000 home here comes to about $4,100 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $176,000 a year (the median household here earns $93,074).