Riverside housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Riverside home prices: in September 2026, the typical home in Riverside, California carried a value of $641,514 according to the Zillow Home Value Index, +0.9% compared with a year earlier, and −2.4% below the peak of $657,310 in December 2024.
- Value of a typical home
- $641,514September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +0.9%. compared with September 2025.
Riverside home prices since 2000
Riverside is the steel line, and the United States is the grey line. Between January 2000 and now, the typical Riverside home went from $153,934 up to $641,514, or ×4.17; the US figure for those same months is ×2.99. The high of the boom was $446,035 in February 2007, while the low came to $204,591 in December 2011, −54.1%.
Riverside median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 shows the most recent month.
| Year | Riverside | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $159,661 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $177,886 | +11.4% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $201,151 | +13.1% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $236,250 | +17.4% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $298,962 | +26.5% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $379,025 | +26.8% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $433,698 | +14.4% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $424,492 | −2.1% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $328,979 | −22.5% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $229,981 | −30.1% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $216,127 | −6.0% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $209,725 | −3.0% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $211,117 | +0.7% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $255,494 | +21.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $305,194 | +19.5% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $331,755 | +8.7% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $351,610 | +6.0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $373,490 | +6.2% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $409,111 | +9.5% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $421,990 | +3.1% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $444,723 | +5.4% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $524,508 | +17.9% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $604,733 | +15.3% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $608,279 | +0.6% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $649,163 | +6.7% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $644,491 | −0.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $641,514 | +0.9% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Riverside in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Riverside housing market forecast
For the Riverside, CA metro, Zillow's forecast is +0.3% over 12 months beginning September 2026, with a −0.8% change expected over three months from that point. With Riverside's typical value at $641,514, that would put the price near $643,400 a year on.
Here the forecast simply restates Zillow's central estimate for the metro; the site itself offers no forecast of its own. Over 12 months, a forecast of this kind typically lands several percentage points away from the realised change, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
One table holds every metro forecast: housing market forecast.
Riverside housing market crash risk score
High, at 63 out of 100.
Five conditions that were high before past price falls form the basis for ranking Riverside against the 292 cities. Every input is scored from 0 to 100 compared with the other cities, then the five scores are averaged, each carrying the same weight. It shows conditions as they are now; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −8.8% | 30 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +18.5% | 78 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 22.0 | 71 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 7.1 | 84 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +0.9% | 50 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How the inputs get their scores: methodology. The full ranking of 292 cities: crash risk by city.
Riverside homes for sale and days on market
For September 2026 the Riverside, CA metro's count was 13,206 homes for sale. Compared with a year earlier, it was +0.1%, while the change against the same month in 2019 was −8.8%. Selling took a median of 64 days (+18.5% against 2019); 17.6% of listings were reduced in price.
| Riverside, CA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 13,206 | +0.1% |
| New listings | 5,050 | |
| Median days on market | 64 | −4.5% |
| Median list price | $584,984 | −1.7% |
| Share with a price cut | 17.6% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com source. Every metro: days on market in each city.
Living costs in Riverside
The Zillow Observed Rent Index puts Riverside's typical asking rent at $2,427 a month, +2.0% on a year. Rent at that rate would take 22.0 years to cover the cost of a typical home. Median household income comes to $90,004 (Census ACS 2024), which puts the typical home at 7.1 times the yearly income. BEA figures put prices in the metro at 106.4, compared with a US average of 100, with housing costs at 129.3.
What rent costs, what prices look like, and the salary a move there calls for: Riverside cost of living.
Other California housing markets
- $927,891. Los Angeles
- San Diego housing market $980,490.
- San Jose housing market $1,353,869.
- San Francisco housing market $1,441,021.
- Fresno housing market $384,885.
- Sacramento housing market $470,552.
- Long Beach $852,391
- Oakland housing market $710,647.
- Bakersfield housing market $385,686.
- Anaheim housing market $941,684.
The full state: California housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point on the chart is the Zillow Home Value Index for Riverside: what a typical home in the market's middle third was worth, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, measured in that month's dollars. A hollow dot marks the month picked on the slider, and the terracotta dot shows the latest month. No inflation adjustment applies to these figures, and an index tracks the typical home rather than one particular house. To find a single home's value from the price it sold for, use the card above it or the appreciation calculator.