Riverside Property Tax Rate

The typical property-tax rate in Riverside is about 1.11% of assessed value (roughly 1.11%–1.23% across most of the city's parcels, each at its own Tax Rate Area) — the 1% Proposition 13 base plus voter-approved debt. That's near the average across these California cities (~1.14%). Mello-Roos and fixed direct assessments, where a parcel has them, are billed on top.

The median single-family home in Riverside is assessed at about $398,457 for existing owners (county parcel roll, computed October 2026; 92,607 single-family parcels), which works out to roughly $4,423 a year at 1.11%. Under Proposition 13 your assessed value is generally what you paid when you bought, rising no more than 2% a year — estimate your own bill with the calculator above.

Property tax in Riverside runs about 1.11% of the price you pay, so a buyer's bill scales with the home — roughly $3,330 a year on a $300,000 home and about $5,550 on a $500,000 home. Existing owners are taxed on their lower Proposition 13 value instead — the median Riverside single-family home is assessed near $398,457, for about $4,423 a year. Enter your own price in the calculator above.

Riverside spans more than one Tax Rate Area (it has 301). The 1% base is the same everywhere, but each area adds its own voter-approved school, city, and special-district bonds, so two homes in Riverside can pay slightly different total rates. The figure here is the typical rate across Riverside's parcels.

The 1.11% shown here is from Riverside County's 2025-26 tax-rate book — the rate on the bills that came due in December 2025 and April 2026. The bills mailed in October 2026 are for fiscal year 2026-27: the 1% Proposition 13 base never changes, and the voter-approved debt rates on top of it are recalculated by the county each year, after the roll closes on July 1 and before the Board of Supervisors adopts the rates by October 3 (Gov. Code §29100), as bonds are paid down or sold, so the total usually moves by a few hundredths of a percent, not whole points. What does change for most owners is the assessed value: the Board of Equalization set the 2026-27 inflation factor at 2%, so a Riverside home that did not sell or add construction is assessed 2% higher than last year and its bill rises about 2% if the rate holds. A home bought or built in the past year is taxed on its new base-year value instead, and usually gets a supplemental bill.

Yes, in parts of the city: Riverside has 7 Community Facilities Districts on record with the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, formed by City of Riverside (7). Where a per-home figure is available (6 of 6 residential districts), the annual special tax runs from about $1,771 to $4,112 for a single-family home in 2025-26, billed on top of the 1.11% ad-valorem rate. A home outside every district boundary pays no Mello-Roos; the district table on this page lists each one, and the charge on a specific parcel is on its tax bill.

Riverside County bills Riverside property taxes in two installments: the first is due November 1 (delinquent after December 10) and the second February 1 (delinquent after April 10), with a 10% penalty after each date. These deadlines are set by California state law and are the same countywide. Bills are issued and paid through the Riverside County Treasurer-Tax Collector, not the city of Riverside.