Fall City vs Riverbend

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

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

Riverbend has the higher population (2,150 vs 1,743 in Fall City). Riverbend has the higher median household income ($153,489 vs $144,625 in Fall City). Fall City has the higher median home value ($837,100 vs $693,700 in Riverbend).

Population, income & housing

	Fall City	Riverbend
Population	1,743	2,150
Median age	48.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$144,625	$153,489
Median home value	$837,100	$693,700
Median gross rent	$1,781	$2,703
Housing units	765	767
Homeownership rate	77.3%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall City	Riverbend
Population	2,426 → 1,743 (-28.2%)	2,562 → 2,150 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$105,160 → $144,625 (+37.5%)	$98,828 → $153,489 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$510,100 → $837,100 (+64.1%)	$441,600 → $693,700 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,781 (+45.3%)	$1,786 → $2,703 (+51.3%)

Fall City

Population

2,4261,743

Median household income

$105,160$144,625

Median home value

$510,100$837,100

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,781

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)

	Fall City	Riverbend
Under 5	8.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	25.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.7%
75 and over	9.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall City	Riverbend
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.7%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall City	Riverbend
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	26.7%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall City	Riverbend
Drove alone	52.8%	66.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	38.1%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall City	Riverbend
1-unit, detached	89.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fall City	Riverbend
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1972	1981