Auburn vs Riverton

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

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

Auburn has the higher population (4,357 vs 3,506 in Riverton). Auburn has the higher median household income ($79,475 vs $75,527 in Riverton). Auburn has the higher median home value ($145,400 vs $140,000 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Riverton
Population	4,357	3,506
Median age	36.0 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,475	$75,527
Median home value	$145,400	$140,000
Median gross rent	$911	$1,035
Housing units	1,653	1,790
Homeownership rate	84.9%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Riverton
Population	4,697 → 4,357 (-7.2%)	3,474 → 3,506 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$57,465 → $79,475 (+38.3%)	$39,750 → $75,527 (+90.0%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $145,400 (+28.2%)	$99,300 → $140,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)	$885 → $1,035 (+16.9%)

Auburn

Population

4,6974,357

Median household income

$57,465$79,475

Median home value

$113,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$846$911

Riverton

Population

3,4743,506

Median household income

$39,750$75,527

Median home value

$99,300$140,000

Median gross rent

$885$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Riverton
Under 5	5.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	22.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.0%
75 and over	5.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Riverton
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Riverton
Drove alone	88.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	14.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Riverton
1-unit, detached	88.0%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Riverton
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1973	1973