Pawnee vs Riverton

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

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

Riverton has the higher population (3,506 vs 2,706 in Pawnee). Pawnee has the higher median household income ($77,977 vs $75,527 in Riverton). Pawnee has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $140,000 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Pawnee	Riverton
Population	2,706	3,506
Median age	45.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,977	$75,527
Median home value	$151,100	$140,000
Median gross rent	$852	$1,035
Housing units	1,281	1,790
Homeownership rate	78.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawnee	Riverton
Population	2,594 → 2,706 (+4.3%)	3,474 → 3,506 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$71,313 → $77,977 (+9.3%)	$39,750 → $75,527 (+90.0%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $151,100 (+19.0%)	$99,300 → $140,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $852 (-6.2%)	$885 → $1,035 (+16.9%)

Pawnee

Population

2,5942,706

Median household income

$71,313$77,977

Median home value

$127,000$151,100

Median gross rent

$908$852

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)

	Pawnee	Riverton
Under 5	5.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.1%	22.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.0%
75 and over	6.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawnee	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	3.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawnee	Riverton
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawnee	Riverton
Drove alone	85.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawnee	Riverton
1-unit, detached	83.2%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Pawnee	Riverton
Poverty rate	13.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1972	1973