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17,368people live here $153,731median household income▲ 90% above US $2,909median rent per month▲ 106% above US $786,300median home value▲ 136% above US

Woodcrest is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, CA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Woodcrest

Woodcrest is an unincorporated community in California with household incomes running above the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Woodcrest deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, county unemployment above the national average, and long average commutes.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Above-average unemployment in the county
Long commutes
Air quality concerns
Shrinking population

How Woodcrest compares

Median household income

Woodcrest$153,731

California avg$99,122

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Woodcrest$2,909

California avg$2,036

US$1,413

Median home value

Woodcrest$786,300

California avg$734,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Woodcrest

Based on Woodcrest's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$5,818

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $116,360 a year
37% of Woodcrest renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$157,260

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $78,630
Homes cost 5.1× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 106% above US

$2,909/mo median rent

Rent is expensive here, at $2,909 a month median and well above the national average. This is the kind of city where housing costs deserve serious budgeting before committing to a move. Home prices are steep, with a median around $786,300. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $786,300 · 37% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

5.6% county unemployment

Unemployment in Riverside County is 5.6%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Riverside County (county-wide)

Safety

228 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Woodcrest doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Riverside County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1215/100k · Policed by Riverside County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 52% above US

40 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 39.6 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 16% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

76%

Work from home

16%

Carpool

5.6%

Other

1.0%

Public transit

0.6%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 94°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 43°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

33% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 33% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 25:1, above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail (8 miles away). There are 4 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Woodcrest's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($2,909/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (16% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget, anyone moving without a job lined up, and people who dread long commutes.

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