Riverbank is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 25,625 people and six associated neighborhoods, Riverbank is the 289th largest community in California.Riverbank is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Riverbank is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Riverbank who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), management occupations (8.58%), and sales jobs (7.00%). A relatively large number of people in Riverbank telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.33% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Riverbank is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.64% of adults 25 and older in Riverbank have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Riverbank in 2022 was $35,509, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,036 for a family of four. However, Riverbank contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Riverbank is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Riverbank home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Riverbank, accounting for 60.07% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Riverbank residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Riverbank include German, Italian, English, Irish, and Portuguese. In addition, Riverbank has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.12%). The most common language spoken in Riverbank is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
