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Country around Riverside is a rural area of about 1,096 people in Okanogan County, Washington, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 87 miles from Wenatchee, WA and 150 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 48 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $277k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,096people
$277kTypical home
$1,065/moRent
84° / 28°Summer / winter
48"Snow
223Sunny days
82Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,096 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 6 people per sq mi
- 150 mi to Seattle, WA
- 87 mi to Wenatchee, WA
- 87 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $277k (≈$1,748/mo)
- Median rent $1,065/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 28°F
- Dry summers (dew point 44°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 82 days a year with rain or snow
- 48" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,129 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 60
- 19% of households have kids
- 35% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 87 mi to EAT airport
- 107 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 142 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 2,635 ft
- 133 mi to the ocean
- 51 mi to a big lake
- 25 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 12 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Washington districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 117 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 79 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Okanogan County: R+15 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.