2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

RIVERSIDE COUNTY SNAPSHOT

Education Investment

Economic Well-Being

ANNUAL AVERAGE EXPENSE PER PUPIL 1

FAIR MARKET RENT RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO ONTARIO REGION - 2025 7 Calculation based on the rent affordability rule set by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development that no more than 30 percent of gross income should be spent on monthly rent, the state minimum wage of $16.90 per hour and fair market rent of $2,306 per month in the Inland region. A MINIMUM WAGE EARNER WOULD NEED TO WORK 105 HOURS A WEEK, THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO-AND A-HALF FULL-TIME JOBS EACH WEEK TO AFFORD THE FAIR MARKET RENT ON A 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT.

2013-2014

$8,247

$20,394

2024-2025

CENSUS DAY STUDENT ENROLLMENT 2

2020-2021 421,077

2024-2025 419,992

Good Health

3 bedroom $3,079

2 bedroom $2,306

1 bedroom $1,852

CHILDREN WHO VISITED A DENTIST 2021-2022 3

HOURLY WAGE 2025 8

81.8% (lower than California 85.9%)

CHILDREN 0-19 WITH HEALTH INSURANCE 2024 4

CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY 2019-2023 5

Hourly wage needed to afford 2-bedroom fair market rent

Estimated hourly wage for greater Riverside housing market

Annual minimum income needed to purchase median income home

$46.33

$30.90

$155,200

96.1%

4.1%

Needed hourly wage assumes 30% of income on rent. Median Home Price: 2025 - $635,000 Sale Price; 2015 - $341,000 Sale Price

UNEMPLOYMENT 9

CHILD AND TEEN SELF-REPORTED GENERAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT: GOOD OR BETTER 2021-2022 6

2015 6.7%

2025 6.0%

95.3%

1 California Department of Education. (n.d.). Current expense of education. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/fd/ec/currentexpense.asp 2 California Department of Education. (n.d.). Riverside County: Education data from CALPADS. Ed Data. https://www. ed-data.org/county/Riverside 3-6 Shape Riverside County. https://www.shaperivco.org/indicators/index/view?indicatorId=2732&localeId=270 7 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). Hourly wage data. HTTPs://www.bls.gov 8 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (n.d.). Fair market rents. HUD User. https://www.huduser.gov/ portal/datasets/fmr.html 9 County of Riverside Office of Economic Development. (2025). Annual labor force and employment averages [PDF]. https://rivcoed.org/sites/g/files/aldnop126/files/2026-01/rivcoed-annual-labor-force-emp-avg.pdf 10 Feeding America. (2023). Map the Meal Gap: Food insecurity in Riverside County, California. https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2023/food-insecurity/california/county/riverside

CHILD FOOD INSECURITY AGES 0 TO 17 10

2019 13.6%

2023 14.7%

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