2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Bakersfield, CA vs Riverside, CA

#13 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas

#26 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#34 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#36 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#37 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#73 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#77 2005 High Gas Prices

#88 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#94 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#95 The Most Single Cities

#282 2005 Best Places to Live

#300 Best Green Cities

#1 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#4 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#7 Stressful Cities 2012

#10 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#14 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#14 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#15 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#16 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#19 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#19 Best Baseball Cities

#20 Healthiest Cities

#21 Sleepless Cities 2011

#26 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#28 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#29 Failure To Lunch

#32 America's Most Playful Cities

#36 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#39 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#44 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#47 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#47 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#47 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#47 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#48 Gloomiest Places in America

#49 America's Top Hygge Cities

#50 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#66 2005 High Gas Prices

#84 The Most Single Cities

#89 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#170 2005 Best Places to Live

#305 Best Green Cities

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

I've lived in Riverside for 54 years. It changed a LOT when people from LA started moving here in droves. Still, I have never been robbed or assaulted but I am  More

I'm from Orange County (OC). I have had nothing but trouble since moving to Riverside. 1. The dogs are aggressive guard dogs. If you want to walk or bike you  More

Whew where to begin with dear old riverside. I enjoyed growing up here until my high school years (back in 2011). In 7 short years the downward deterioration of the  More