Riverbend vs Wilderness Rim

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

Riverbend and Wilderness Rim 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 1,770 in Wilderness Rim). Riverbend has the higher median household income ($153,489 vs $115,625 in Wilderness Rim). Riverbend has the higher median home value ($693,700 vs $629,800 in Wilderness Rim).

Population, income & housing

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
Population	2,150	1,770
Median age	39.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,489	$115,625
Median home value	$693,700	$629,800
Median gross rent	$2,703	$2,563
Housing units	767	648
Homeownership rate	92.6%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
Population	2,562 → 2,150 (-16.1%)	1,633 → 1,770 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$98,828 → $153,489 (+55.3%)	$117,886 → $115,625 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$441,600 → $693,700 (+57.1%)	$391,800 → $629,800 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,786 → $2,703 (+51.3%)	$2,378 → $2,563 (+7.8%)

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

Wilderness Rim

Population

1,6331,770

Median household income

$117,886$115,625

Median home value

$391,800$629,800

Median gross rent

$2,378$2,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
Under 5	1.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	24.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	20.2%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	1.8%
75 and over	2.7%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	18.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
Drove alone	66.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	15.7%
Other means	4.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverbend	Wilderness Rim
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1981	1981