ZIP 92505 vs ZIP 92860

This side-by-side compares ZIP 92505 (Riverside, CA) and ZIP 92860 (Norco, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 92505 has a population of 47,672 at 1,506 people per square mile, while ZIP 92860 has 27,198 at 750 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 92505 reports a median household income of $84,906 against $127,780 in ZIP 92860, with per-capita income of $29,904 vs $41,549. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.8% in 92505 and 22.2% in 92860. Poverty rate reads 11.6% vs 5.6%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 4.7% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $570,200 in 92505 versus $783,200 in 92860, with median rent of $2,048 and $1,925 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.5% vs 81.1%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.