Riverbend vs Shadow Lake

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

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

Shadow Lake has the higher population (2,221 vs 2,150 in Riverbend). Riverbend has the higher median household income ($153,489 vs $137,407 in Shadow Lake). Shadow Lake has the higher median home value ($847,100 vs $693,700 in Riverbend).

Population, income & housing

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
Population	2,150	2,221
Median age	39.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,489	$137,407
Median home value	$693,700	$847,100
Median gross rent	$2,703	$1,443
Housing units	767	823
Homeownership rate	92.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
Population	2,562 → 2,150 (-16.1%)	2,434 → 2,221 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$98,828 → $153,489 (+55.3%)	$110,625 → $137,407 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$441,600 → $693,700 (+57.1%)	$486,900 → $847,100 (+74.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,786 → $2,703 (+51.3%)	$1,200 → $1,443 (+20.3%)

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

Shadow Lake

Population

2,4342,221

Median household income

$110,625$137,407

Median home value

$486,900$847,100

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
Under 5	1.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	25.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	0.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.2%
75 and over	2.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	13.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	18.7%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
Drove alone	66.8%	70.8%
Carpooled	13.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	23.5%
Other means	4.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverbend	Shadow Lake
Poverty rate	3.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1981	1979