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Riverside County, CA — Dentists Saturation

How many dentists exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 96 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: General & family dentists · Orthodontists · Oral surgeons · Other dental specialists. Counted together because official statistics use one 621210 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.98× the U.S. rate (between 0.98× and 1.02× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 43 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 17 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

In line with the U.S. rate   Riverside County dentists — 98–102% of the U.S. rate

927 dentists are counted in Riverside County — 3.3 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 98% of the U.S. rate of 3.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 9% between 2015 and 2023 (836 → 908). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 92506 (Riverside), 92260 (Palm Desert), 92270 (Rancho Mirage) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 92236 (Coachella), 92596 (Winchester), 92551 (Moreno Valley).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 992 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Riverside County sits at 98% of the U.S. rate for dentists. 17 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 98% and 102% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 92506 and 92260; the lowest measured density is in 92236 and 92596.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing dentists and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Dentists
927–1,013
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (43 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
3.3
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
3.4
per 10,000 present
County index
0.98×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
992
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
2,482,806
70 ZIPs with data
Workers
674,999
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
2,529,933
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+4.3%
+105,270 people
Net migration 2024
+18,546
international +11,037, domestic +7,509
Jobs located here
799,021
LODES 2022, +7.1% since 2019

Riverside County had an estimated 2,529,933 residents on July 1, 2024 — 4.3% more than in 2020 (+105,270). In the latest year it gained 26,384 people: births minus deaths +7,801, international migration +11,037, domestic migration +7,509. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

799,021 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+7.1% since 2019), and 1,035,761 employed residents lived there (+7.6% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
92549 Idyllwild
+59.6%
92582 San Jacinto
+35.6%
92585 Menifee
+34.8%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
92260 Palm Desert
−11.9%
92225 Blythe
−9.5%
92503 Riverside
−7.5%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
341
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$22.4M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$66K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more dentists in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 9% since 2015

Number of dentists in Riverside County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

836
2015
867
2018
880
2020
891
2021
906
2022
908
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
92506 Riverside
314%
92260 Palm Desert
287%
92270 Rancho Mirage
277%
92591 Temecula
234%
92543 Hemet
214%
92879 Corona
185%
92882 Corona
174%
92562 Murrieta
170%
92508 Riverside
167%
92262 Palm Springs
153%
92881 Corona
152%
92586 Menifee
146%
92553 Moreno Valley
145%
92860 Norco
136%
92504 Riverside
135%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
92236 Coachella
19%
92596 Winchester
22%
92551 Moreno Valley
25%
92883 Corona
27%
92240 Desert Hot Springs
28%
92570 Perris
34%
92509 Jurupa Valley
34%
92545 Hemet
36%
92582 San Jacinto
37%
92571 Perris
38%
92203 Indio
39%
92555 Moreno Valley
41%
92225 Blythe
42%
92587 Menifee
47%
92530 Lake Elsinore
49%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few dentists may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersDentistsIndex
92590Temecula Employment hub 5,08922,770 22 399%
92230Cabazon Employment hub 1,8874,721 0–2 —
92518March Air Reserve Base Employment hub 1,2607,735 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = dentists per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersDentists Per 10kIndexStatus
92590Temecula 5,08922,770 22 13.4 399% Very high density
92506Riverside 45,08614,413 55 10.5 314% Very high density
92260Palm Desert 30,52320,177 39 9.6 287% Very high density
92270Rancho Mirage 17,56316,505 24 9.3 277% Very high density
92591Temecula 41,95518,073 40 7.8 234% High density
92543Hemet 39,9376,464 31 7.2 214% High density
92879Corona 49,31730,373 40 6.2 185% High density
92882Corona 68,71513,420 44 5.8 174% High density
92562Murrieta 64,78121,022 43 5.7 170% High density
92508Riverside 36,9098,172 23 5.6 167% High density
92262Palm Springs 26,88720,468 19 5.1 153% High density
92881Corona 30,34713,748 19 5.1 152% High density
92586Menifee 20,7673,300 11 4.9 146% Above average
92553Moreno Valley 74,64015,017 40 4.9 145% Above average
92860Norco 25,10911,256 14 4.6 136% Above average
92504Riverside 57,13218,144 30 4.5 135% Above average
92532Lake Elsinore 28,0553,451 13 4.4 130% Above average
92503Riverside 88,39520,783 40 4.0 121% Above average
92592Temecula 80,03516,196 35 4.0 119% Above average
92211Palm Desert 28,09214,395 14 4.0 118% Above average
92505Riverside 53,41914,275 23 3.8 113% Above average
92563Murrieta 80,37914,262 32 3.7 109% Above average
92253La Quinta 38,66613,956 15 3.3 98% Below average
92507Riverside 64,01536,439 26 3.2 94% Below average
92201Indio 65,82513,275 21 2.9 86% Below average
92501Riverside 22,93414,016 8 2.7 80% Below average
91752Mira Loma 37,98330,704 14 2.6 78% Below average
92220Banning 33,7554,989 9 2.5 74% Below average
92320Calimesa 10,9022,887 3 2.4 73% Below average
92584Menifee 61,3667,863 15 2.3 69% Below average
92557Moreno Valley 54,0613,639 12 2.1 64% Below average
92264Palm Springs 19,8996,792 5 2.1 64% Below average
92595Wildomar 34,4386,332 8 2.1 63% Below average
92234Cathedral City 52,2678,685 12 2.1 63% Below average
92880Corona 75,04315,562 17 2.1 61% Below average
92223Beaumont 63,8339,596 13 1.9 57% Below average
92544Hemet 51,7513,384 10 1.9 56% Below average
92583San Jacinto 33,7783,892 6 1.7 50% Below average
92530Lake Elsinore 61,76810,372 11 1.6 49% Far below average
92587Menifee 18,2181,473 3 1.6 47% Far below average
92225Blythe 20,3192,240 3 1.4 42% Far below average
92555Moreno Valley 45,97810,663 7 1.4 41% Far below average
92203Indio 34,7357,490 5 1.3 39% Far below average
92571Perris 60,09621,347 9 1.3 38% Far below average
92582San Jacinto 23,3561,459 3 1.2 37% Far below average
92545Hemet 45,9828,142 6 1.2 36% Far below average
92509Jurupa Valley 81,18214,455 10 1.1 34% Far below average
92570Perris 58,0828,005 7 1.1 34% Far below average
92240Desert Hot Springs 41,6153,179 4 0.9 28% Far below average
92883Corona 39,9907,929 4 0.9 27% Far below average
92551Moreno Valley 37,42522,245 4 0.8 25% Far below average
92596Winchester 38,9812,167 3 0.7 22% Far below average
92236Coachella 43,6425,781 3 0.6 19% Far below average
92202Indio —147 0–2 — — Not published
92210Indian Wells 4,8714,872 0–2 — — Not published
92226Blythe —72 0–2 — — Not published
92230Cabazon 1,8874,721 0–2 — — Not published
92235Cathedral City —173 0–2 — — Not published
92239Desert Center 14460 0–2 — — Not published
92241Desert Hot Springs 8,884513 0–2 — — Not published
92248La Quinta —160 0–2 — — Not published
92254Mecca 11,333824 0–2 — — Not published
92255Palm Desert —27 0–2 — — Not published
92258North Palm Springs 474514 0–2 — — Not published
92261Palm Desert —195 0–2 — — Not published
92263Palm Springs —282 0–2 — — Not published
92274Thermal 18,1671,627 0–2 — — Not published
92276Thousand Palms 7,7203,400 0–2 — — Not published
92282Whitewater 1,419115 0–2 — — Not published
92502Riverside —201 0–2 — — Not published
92513Riverside —11 0–2 — — Not published
92514Riverside —9 0–2 — — Not published
92516Riverside —29 0–2 — — Not published
92517Riverside —62 0–2 — — Not published
92518March Air Reserve Base 1,2607,735 0–2 — — Not published
92519Riverside —64 0–2 — — Not published
92521Riverside 0106 0–2 — — Not published
92531Lake Elsinore —17 0–2 — — Not published
92536Aguanga 2,970144 0–2 — — Not published
92539Anza 3,774384 0–2 — — Not published
92546Hemet —148 0–2 — — Not published
92548Homeland 8,312187 0–2 — — Not published
92549Idyllwild 4,0161,146 0–2 — — Not published
92552Moreno Valley —70 0–2 — — Not published
92554Moreno Valley —13 0–2 — — Not published
92556Moreno Valley —70 0–2 — — Not published
92561Mountain Center 2,157180 0–2 — — Not published
92564Murrieta —200 0–2 — — Not published
92567Nuevo 10,867483 0–2 — — Not published
92572Perris —99 0–2 — — Not published
92581San Jacinto —1,526 0–2 — — Not published
92585Menifee 29,5342,452 0–2 — — Not published
92589Temecula —338 0–2 — — Not published
92593Temecula —64 0–2 — — Not published
92877Corona —295 0–2 — — Not published
92878Corona —6,127 0–2 — — Not published

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Find an actual space in Riverside

The numbers above tell you how the market looks. To find a specific storefront, these marketplaces list available retail space for lease.

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 621210 — offices of dentists. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 992 establishments county-wide for this industry. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (3.35 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

Read the full methodology →  ·  Data sources & vintages →

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