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Riverton, WY

10,856 Population
10.4 square miles 1,048 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,564 ±$2,036 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $32,793 ±$1,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,208 ±$4,086 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $64,904 ±$2,606
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±2.8% (1,230  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 12.8% † 4,940 (±1.4% / ±545)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.5 minutes ±1.6 (69,570  ±9,275) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 17.2 260,230 (±0.9 / ±15,564)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,190 ±222 Number of households
  • the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 15,037 ±249
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (10,278  ±90) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 2.6 38,558 (±0 / ±82)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±1.6% (87  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 4.2% † 344 (±1.2% / ±97)
  • about half the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,608 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 17,469 ±45
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,400 ±$9,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $268,800 ±$12,005
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.4% ±3.8% (2,188  ±403) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 13% † 5,096 (±1.6% / ±606)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±5.4% (6,440  ±455.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 93.7% 24,986 (±3.2% / ±857)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.1% ±3.6% (1,665  ±259.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 26.5% 7,064 (±1.8% / ±470.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±0.7% (138  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 1.7% 661
  • about one-third of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±2.4% (673  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,481 (±1% / ±297)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
673 Total veterans ±196 597 Male ±194 76 Female ±46

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