Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 1,748 people live in this town, in Washington.
The best of Riverbend’s subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A for health and incomes; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Riverbend’s midpoint rent is $2,767 a month, against $1,739 a month in Washington’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 31 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $811K, 7 years of the Seattle metro’s $115K median household income. Riverbend’s concentration of trails is 3.2 miles per square mile, above both Washington’s towns (0.8) and U.S. towns (0.4). Camp North Bend is on the National Register of Historic Places. Riverbend has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Riverbend beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Riverbend’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Riverbend is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,230 in 2000, 2,123 in 2020. The archive holds 2 maps from 1913 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Riverbend is unincorporated, so King 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Riverbend.
For adults in Riverbend, the share who worry about having enough food is 7.2%. Against the Washington average, Riverbend comes out ahead on 20 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 2. 13% of adults in Riverbend get no exercise outside work; 7% have diabetes.
| Riverbend | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7% | 9.8% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Riverbend | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.9% | 9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 8.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 19.3% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On expected storm and flood damage, Riverbend sits above 92% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 76% come from avalanches and 19% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Riverbend: 0.2% of working residents work locally. Half of commuters travel less than 25 miles. The average trip to work locally is 33 minutes. The top destinations are Seattle (25%), Bellevue (11%) and North Bend (7%).
| Riverbend | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 4.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 76° in July, and January nights bottom out around 34°; snowfall runs to about 4 inches a winter. Summers in Riverbend are cool, and winters mild, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is South Fork Landing, at 34 acres. Trails run 9.7 miles in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. South Fork Landing | 0.7 mi | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The share of households in Riverbend who live in a home they own: 92%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Riverbend. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
29 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
7 mi WaterfallSnoqualmie Falls
29 mi Ancient siteSeattle UndergroundSpace Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Snoqualmie Falls: Meher Anand Kasam, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Riverbend; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Riverbend residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Riverbend is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,123 at the 2020 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Riverbend ranks 87th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Some 1,748 people live in this town, in Washington.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $811,000, 38% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
