Riverton vs Sharon

A side-by-side comparison of Riverton and Sharon: population, income, housing, and more.

Riverton and Sharon are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sharon has the higher population (495 vs 342 in Riverton). Sharon has the higher median household income ($158,146 vs $118,708 in Riverton). Riverton has the higher median home value ($343,000 vs $276,300 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Riverton	Sharon
Population	342	495
Median age	71.4 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$118,708	$158,146
Median home value	$343,000	$276,300
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	141	450
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverton	Sharon
Population	264 → 342 (+29.5%)	625 → 495 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$100,938 → $118,708 (+17.6%)	$136,286 → $158,146 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $343,000 (+27.0%)	$505,200 → $276,300 (-45.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,036 → $3,501 (+237.9%)

Riverton

Population

264342

Median household income

$100,938$118,708

Median home value

$270,000$343,000

Sharon

Population

625495

Median household income

$136,286$158,146

Median home value

$505,200$276,300

Median gross rent

$1,036$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverton	Sharon
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.7%	3.0%
55 to 64	5.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	60.8%	51.5%
75 and over	5.0%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverton	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverton	Sharon
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	49.8%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	4.9%	6.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverton	Sharon
Drove alone	39.1%	28.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	17.3%
Walked	0.0%	36.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	60.9%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverton	Sharon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	40.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverton	Sharon
Poverty rate	5.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.59	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	1938	1938