Elmer City vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Elmer City and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverside has the higher population (452 vs 297 in Elmer City). Elmer City has the higher median household income ($60,250 vs $34,271 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median home value ($198,800 vs $180,500 in Elmer City).

Population, income & housing

	Elmer City	Riverside
Population	297	452
Median age	34.3 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,250	$34,271
Median home value	$180,500	$198,800
Median gross rent	$788	$1,136
Housing units	132	201
Homeownership rate	80.2%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmer City	Riverside
Population	298 → 297 (-0.3%)	287 → 452 (+57.5%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $60,250 (+16.1%)	$33,056 → $34,271 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $180,500 (+64.4%)	$125,000 → $198,800 (+59.0%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $788 (+7.8%)	$697 → $1,136 (+63.0%)

Elmer City

Population

298297

Median household income

$51,875$60,250

Median home value

$109,800$180,500

Median gross rent

$731$788

Riverside

Population

287452

Median household income

$33,056$34,271

Median home value

$125,000$198,800

Median gross rent

$697$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmer City	Riverside
Under 5	11.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	24.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.0%
75 and over	11.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmer City	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	66.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	35.7%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	9.1%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmer City	Riverside
No high school diploma	1.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	27.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmer City	Riverside
Drove alone	78.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmer City	Riverside
1-unit, detached	75.8%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	51.7%

Poverty & households

	Elmer City	Riverside
Poverty rate	15.6%	36.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1972	1975