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SheetUT-RIVERTON-UT · Riverton, UT 44,944 pop · income 87th pct
Nearest income peer: Van Dyne, WI (+ $14 income $)
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Riverton
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Riverton on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mankato · lowest
64,826
Mankato · lowest
64,826 median HH income
49.6% of the leader · rank #1
Beckett · near
119,063
Beckett · near
119,063 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #2
Marksboro · near
119,063
Marksboro · near
119,063 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #3
Riverton · this city
119,093
Riverton · this city
119,093 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #4
Van Dyne · near
119,107
Van Dyne · near
119,107 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #5
La Grange Park · near
119,115
La Grange Park · near
119,115 median HH income
91.2% of the leader · rank #6
Draper · highest
130,680
Draper · highest
130,680 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Riverton on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 44,944.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Riverton - the verdict
Riverton ranks in the 87th percentile for household income and the 65th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
87th
percentile, household income
87th
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
65th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Riverton, UT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 44,944 residents in Riverton, a small city within Utah. Riverton households earn a median of $119,093 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.8%. Typical homes in Riverton are valued around $543,900, and the median resident age is 34.7 years. About 35.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 69.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 323 residential building permits were authorized in Riverton (Rapid Growth), up 43% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Riverton reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 968.4 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,313 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Utah's average monthly utility costs around $178 (state average). Commute times here average 22.4 minutes, with 66.2% driving alone and 20.5% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Riverton's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to reported crime to schools and households to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Riverton, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Riverton?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.4 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Is Riverton growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +2,080 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 323 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Riverton?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 968.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 58% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Riverton?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Bountiful (45,093 residents, $103,723 income); Saratoga Springs (44,070 residents, $123,619 income); Spanish Fork (43,632 residents, $98,497 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are The Colony, TX (44,916 residents); Clermont, FL (44,984 residents); Palm Springs, CA (44,998 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Riverton?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 11 public schools within the city match. 35.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
2.8%
Bachelor's degree+
35.3%
Matched public schools
11
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Riverton?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.6×
Home value
$543,900
Household income
$119,093
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A
$119,093
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B+
72 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Riverton profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 85/100 (A) · $119,093
Poverty rate: 80/100 (A-) · 2.8%
Violent crime: 78/100 (B+) · 72 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 67/100 (B-) · 35.3%
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Where Riverton sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Riverton's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Riverton highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Riverton, UT (this city): home $543,900, crime 968/100k
The Colony, TX : home $355,100, crime 1,569/100k
Palm Springs, CA : home $567,300, crime 3,817/100k
Shakopee, MN : home $361,400, crime 1,275/100k
Mankato, MN : home $250,600, crime 2,865/100k
Saratoga Springs, UT : home $567,200, crime 666/100k
Spanish Fork, UT : home $444,200, crime 780/100k
Murray, UT : home $470,200, crime 3,597/100k
Draper, UT : home $726,000, crime 1,273/100k
How does Riverton compare to other US cities?
Here's how Riverton stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income87% higher than other cities
Home value87% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
Safety65% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Utah and the picture shifts: Riverton ranks #25 of 67 Utah cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Riverton against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Riverton near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Riverton ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Riverton only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#45 of 293
85th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#66 of 301
78th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#199 of 310
34th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#104 of 310
66th percentile in Utah
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
87th percentile nationally for median household income · 65th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Riverton's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Riverton's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Riverton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$543,90013th percentilemore affordable than 13% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Riverton's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,119 of 15,516
More affordable than 22% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,392 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.6×, Riverton sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,119 of 15,516 and #2,392 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$119,093Riverton, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Riverton, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Riverton, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
44,944
Median Income
$119,093
Median Home Value
$543,900
Median Age
34.7
Poverty Rate
2.8%
Labor force participation
69.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
968.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
71.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
896.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
11
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Riverton's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
45,315 residents
2021
45,156 residents
2022
44,898 residents
2023
45,541 residents
2024
46,703 residents
2025
47,395 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
323
housing units authorized
Single-Family
116
detached homes
Multifamily
207
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
226
144
82
$59.7M
2020
236
145
91
$63.3M
2021
283
159
124
$73.8M
2022
251
157
94
$73.9M
2023
472
209
263
$141.0M
2024
323
116
207
$99.8M
Permit volume increased 43% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.4 minutes
Drive Alone
66.2%
Carpool
9.7%
Public Transit
1.3%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
20.5%
Other
1.6%
Based on 22,291 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Riverton. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Riverton is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Riverton sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Riverton compares to similar-size Utah cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.