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Riverton, WY

10,619 Population
10.3 square miles 1,027 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 38.9 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,803 ±$1,489 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $28,203 ±$1,083
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wyoming: $36,288 ±$531
$51,565 ±$4,271 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $57,887 ±$3,338
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $68,002 ±$1,091

13.5% ±3.4% (1,371  ±347) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 13.5% † 5,214 (±1.8% / ±696)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,482 (±0.5% / ±2,645)

13.9 minutes ±1.6 (61,835  ±8,544) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 17.5 260,065 (±1.1 / ±18,851)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 18.1 4,746,280 (±0.4 / ±106,279)

Families

4,146 ±239 Number of households
  • the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 14,490 ±273
  • Wyoming: 230,653 ±1,540
2.5 ±0.2 (10,165  ±153) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 2.7 38,640 (±0.1 / ±176)
  • about the same as the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 563,599 (±0)

4.7% ±2.9% (105  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 6.7% † 534 (±1.3% / ±104)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,909 (±0.5% / ±634)

Housing

4,733 ±243 Number of housing units
  • the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 17,481 ±70
  • Wyoming: 271,818 ±209

$167,900 ±$7,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $207,600 ±$9,206
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wyoming: $237,900 ±$2,915

21.3% ±3.9% (2,237  ±412.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 14.8% † 5,746 (±1.7% / ±659.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wyoming: 16.2% 92,262 (±0.6% / ±3,313.4)

Social

93.6% ±6% (6,603  ±482.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 92.3% 24,294 (±3.2% / ±829.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 93.7% 365,729 (±1.1% / ±4,148.2)
22.6% ±3.3% (1,591  ±242.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 24.7% 6,506 (±1.7% / ±451.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 28.5% 111,283 (±0.6% / ±2,342.2)

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

2.3% ±1.3% (246  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 1.6% † 634 (±0.5% / ±176)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wyoming: 3.4% 19,660 (±0.2% / ±1,303)

7.5% ±1.6% (601  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,423 (±0.9% / ±262)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming: 9.9% 43,326 (±0.3% / ±1,347)
601 Total veterans ±127 588 Male ±127 13 Female ±22

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