Riverton vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (3,784 vs 3,506 in Riverton). Rochester has the higher median household income ($112,689 vs $75,527 in Riverton). Rochester has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $140,000 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Riverton	Rochester
Population	3,506	3,784
Median age	48.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,527	$112,689
Median home value	$140,000	$241,900
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,333
Housing units	1,790	1,447
Homeownership rate	62.2%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverton	Rochester
Population	3,474 → 3,506 (+0.9%)	3,801 → 3,784 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $75,527 (+90.0%)	$96,111 → $112,689 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $140,000 (+41.0%)	$193,600 → $241,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,035 (+16.9%)	$1,085 → $1,333 (+22.9%)

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

Rochester

Population

3,8013,784

Median household income

$96,111$112,689

Median home value

$193,600$241,900

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverton	Rochester
Under 5	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	22.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	13.2%
75 and over	9.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverton	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverton	Rochester
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	57.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverton	Rochester
Drove alone	84.7%	76.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverton	Rochester
1-unit, detached	78.8%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverton	Rochester
Poverty rate	9.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1973	1985