River RoadWA
A town of 756.
Is River Road a good place to live?
River Road has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
756 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Olympic National Park and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around River Road. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
40 mi Park & preserveHoh Rainforest
33 mi MountainMount Olympus
8 mi BeachDungeness Spit
17 mi LandmarkFort Worden
32 mi LakeLake CrescentPhoto credits
Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · Hoh Rainforest: User:Doug Dolde, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Olympus: R6, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Public domain · Dungeness Spit: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Fort Worden: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Crescent: Kashyap Hosdurga, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to River Road: who provides what
River Road is unincorporated, so Clallam County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in River Road.
Most of River Road’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
Among residents in River Road, 4.8% live below the poverty line, below both the Washington town median (7.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The middle household income for River Road comes to $133,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 36 miles. The top destinations are Sequim (20%), Seattle (11%) and Port Angeles (9%).
| River Road | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
River Road has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for River Road comes to 69 of 100, close to Washington’s towns (69 of 100) and above U.S. towns (44 of 100). FEMA puts two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 29% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
River Road: mild winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 72° in July, and January nights bottom out around 34°; snowfall runs to about 1 inches a winter. The seasons in River Road: mild winters, cool summers, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults in River Road binge drink than in the typical Washington or U.S. town
Nearly a quarter of adults have been diagnosed with depression in River Road. This Washington town beats the Washington average on 14 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| River Road | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | River Road | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.6% | 9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in River Road sells for about $630K
In River Road, 93% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about River Road
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of River Road
About 1 of every 100 River Road residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
100% of working residents leave River Road for work
Where River Road’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About River Road
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
River Road is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clallam County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, River Road had a population of 495. It is a primarily residential area next to the city of Sequim.
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- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 315 ft
- Area code
- 360
Questions about River Road
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is River Road, WA a good place to live?
River Road has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.