Pateros vs Riverside

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

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

Pateros has the higher population (648 vs 452 in Riverside). Pateros has the higher median household income ($66,333 vs $34,271 in Riverside). Pateros has the higher median home value ($234,700 vs $198,800 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Pateros	Riverside
Population	648	452
Median age	32.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,333	$34,271
Median home value	$234,700	$198,800
Median gross rent	$850	$1,136
Housing units	284	201
Homeownership rate	86.2%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pateros	Riverside
Population	653 → 648 (-0.8%)	287 → 452 (+57.5%)
Median household income	$60,078 → $66,333 (+10.4%)	$33,056 → $34,271 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $234,700 (+28.9%)	$125,000 → $198,800 (+59.0%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $850 (+27.4%)	$697 → $1,136 (+63.0%)

Pateros

Population

653648

Median household income

$60,078$66,333

Median home value

$182,100$234,700

Median gross rent

$667$850

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)

	Pateros	Riverside
Under 5	8.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	24.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	6.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.0%
75 and over	1.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pateros	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	66.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	2.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pateros	Riverside
No high school diploma	26.7%	13.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pateros	Riverside
Drove alone	75.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.0%
Other means	5.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pateros	Riverside
1-unit, detached	66.2%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	51.7%

Poverty & households

	Pateros	Riverside
Poverty rate	23.0%	36.3%
Average household size	3.09	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1976	1975