Ames Lake vs Riverpoint

A side-by-side comparison of Ames Lake and Riverpoint: population, income, housing, and more.

Ames Lake and Riverpoint are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ames Lake has the higher population (1,138 vs 982 in Riverpoint). Riverpoint has the higher median household income ($163,173 vs $157,500 in Ames Lake). Ames Lake has the higher median home value ($1,069,900 vs $1,014,800 in Riverpoint).

Population, income & housing

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
Population	1,138	982
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$157,500	$163,173
Median home value	$1,069,900	$1,014,800
Housing units	412	333
Homeownership rate	96.8%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
Population	1,556 → 1,138 (-26.9%)	742 → 982 (+32.3%)
Median household income	$121,458 → $157,500 (+29.7%)	$158,750 → $163,173 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$670,300 → $1,069,900 (+59.6%)	$603,900 → $1,014,800 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,932 → $1,600 (-17.2%)	—

Ames Lake

Population

1,5561,138

Median household income

$121,458$157,500

Median home value

$670,300$1,069,900

Median gross rent

$1,932$1,600

Riverpoint

Population

742982

Median household income

$158,750$163,173

Median home value

$603,900$1,014,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
Under 5	9.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	8.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	17.6%
75 and over	9.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	8.4%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
Drove alone	53.1%	72.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	14.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
1-unit, detached	80.8%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Ames Lake	Riverpoint
Poverty rate	0.8%	0.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1990	1986