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Riverbend is a small town of 1,748 people in King County, Washington. It's about 30 miles from Seattle, WA. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 33 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $811k and rent runs about $3k a month.
1,748people
$811kTypical home
$2,767/moRent
74° / 44°Summer / winter
33"Snow
203Sunny days
193Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,748
- Part of a metro area
- About 586 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to Seattle, WA
- 30 mi to Seattle, WA
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $811k (≈$5,115/mo)
- Median rent $2,767/mo
- Median household income $137k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 193 days a year with rain or snow
- 33" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (355 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,759 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 39% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 53% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to BFI airport
- 26 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 35 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 509 ft
- 27 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 30 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 901 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 50 bars within 25 mi
- 352 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 26 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 1% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- King County: D+52 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.