Carnation vs Riverbend

A side-by-side comparison of Carnation and Riverbend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carnation has the higher population (2,476 vs 2,150 in Riverbend). Riverbend has the higher median household income ($153,489 vs $141,097 in Carnation). Carnation has the higher median home value ($775,800 vs $693,700 in Riverbend).

Population, income & housing

	Carnation	Riverbend
Population	2,476	2,150
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$141,097	$153,489
Median home value	$775,800	$693,700
Median gross rent	$1,831	$2,703
Housing units	838	767
Homeownership rate	81.4%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnation	Riverbend
Population	1,835 → 2,476 (+34.9%)	2,562 → 2,150 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$104,044 → $141,097 (+35.6%)	$98,828 → $153,489 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$462,300 → $775,800 (+67.8%)	$441,600 → $693,700 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,831 (+43.8%)	$1,786 → $2,703 (+51.3%)

Carnation

Population

1,8352,476

Median household income

$104,044$141,097

Median home value

$462,300$775,800

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,831

Riverbend

Population

2,5622,150

Median household income

$98,828$153,489

Median home value

$441,600$693,700

Median gross rent

$1,786$2,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnation	Riverbend
Under 5	7.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	25.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.7%
75 and over	1.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnation	Riverbend
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.8%
Asian	4.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnation	Riverbend
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnation	Riverbend
Drove alone	68.4%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	13.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.9%
Worked from home	24.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.2%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnation	Riverbend
1-unit, detached	87.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carnation	Riverbend
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.99	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1988	1981