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Riverbend, Washington.

A community in King County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see King County’s.

Living in Riverbend, King County, Washington

Riverbend, in King County, had 2,123 people in the 2020 census. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in King County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then schools and health care.

People 2,123 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Riverbend for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.7% King County, August 2026; 4.7% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 634households
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 33 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What residents work in

  • Shops (retail)20%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. King County had 1,436,484 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 39° and 31°; warmest in August, 71° and 52° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 71° 52° S O N D 39° 31°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 39° and 31°; warmest in August, 71° and 52° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 71° 52° S O N D 39° 31°

Coldest in December, with highs near 39° and lows near 31°; warmest in August, with highs near 71° and lows near 52°. About 42 inches of snow and 100 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cedar Lake weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in King County

  1. The Boeing CompanyAircraft manufacturing32,992
  2. University of Washington-Seattle CampusUniversity or college22,819
  3. The Boeing CompanyAircraft manufacturing13,303
  4. The Boeing CompanyAircraft maintenance and repair services9,989
  5. Seattle Children's HospitalChildren's hospital9,898FTE
  6. Zillow GroupSoftware publishers6,919
  7. University of Washington MED CTRGeneral hospital6,903FTE
  8. Seattle School District No. 1School district6,303FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,843 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 397,622 people in all across the county; Riverbend has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LandslidesRelatively high
  2. AvalanchesRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Riverbend’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on King County.