A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Perris$3,220/mo

Typical home $543K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $1,876/mo · Housing →

Rialto$3,430/mo

Typical home $590K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,759/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Rialto and Perris.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Rialto places higher on 11 of 23 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−PerrisSafer than 24% of U.S. towns DRialtoSafer than 11% of U.S. towns

Schools

BPerrisBetter than 60% of districts in the state B−RialtoBetter than 53% of districts in the state

Health

C−PerrisHealthier than 24% of U.S. towns CRialtoHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns

10Perris

11Rialto

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #101#397 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #350#666 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #308#635 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #420#99 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #97#390 SafestSafety · 411 towns #254#355 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #559#356 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #759#633

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Perris’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

PerrisRialto

Snow a year0″0″

January low42°F 43°F

July high97°F 95°F

Growing season (days)329d 353d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)95th 94th

Outdoors & history

PerrisRialto

Trails35 mi 3 mi

Conserved land7.5%1.2%

Settled—1911

National Register places2 2

Archive photos8 19

Famous people born here8 18

Community

PerrisRialto

Library hours a week50 hrs 34 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

25 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PerrisRialto

Perris ↔ Rialto25 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

PerrisRialto

People

Population 80,511Lowest 104,143Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.1%Highest CA: +6.1% +4.9%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 31.3±0.8Lowest 17% below CA 32.6±0.8Highest 14% below CA

Rialto and Perris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 28.5%±1.8Highest CA: 22% 26.7%±1.2Lowest CA: 22%

Perris and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 7.9%±0.9Lowest CA: 15.7% 10.8%±0.8Highest CA: 15.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.3%Lowest CA: 37.1% 12.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.2%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6% 6.7%±0.6Lowest CA: 7.6%

Perris and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $88,911±$4kHighest 10% below CA $88,857±$4kLowest 10% below CA

Perris and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,700±$12kLowest 35% below CA $487,900±$10kHighest 34% below CA

Rialto and Perris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,876±$126Highest 8% below CA $1,759±$59Lowest 14% below CA

Perris and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,942Highest 23% below CA $3,374Lowest 34% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.5%±7.4Lowest CA: 55.3% 58.6%±5Highest CA: 55.3%

Rialto and Perris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.7%Lowest CA: 12% 12.7%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.8%Highest CA: 55.9% 66.2%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 2000Highest 24 yrs newer than CA 1982Lowest 6 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 29% above CA 32 minLowest 11% above CA

Work from home 5.7%±1.1Lowest CA: 17.2% 7.8%±1.1Highest CA: 17.2%

Rialto and Perris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.9% 8.9%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Lowest 1.00Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Riverside (8%)San Bernardino (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RialtoFew work in Perris

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.5%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 34.9 miHighest 3.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 27Highest 11Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 49.2Lowest 81.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #343 of 574 in CA #349 of 574 in CA

School district Perris Elementary · Perris Union HighColton Joint Unified · Fontana Unified

High school in town Orange Vista HighEisenhower High

Students per teacherat that high school 22.2Highest 21.4Lowest

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Perris vs Rialto

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Rialto

Rialto places higher on 11 of 23 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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