Percival vs Riverton

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

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

Riverton has the higher population (174 vs 115 in Percival). Percival has the higher median household income ($54,000 vs $46,379 in Riverton). Percival has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $44,600 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Percival	Riverton
Population	115	174
Median age	45.9 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,000	$46,379
Median home value	$97,500	$44,600
Housing units	60	151
Homeownership rate	58.3%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Percival	Riverton
Population	102 → 115 (+12.7%)	261 → 174 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$78,466 → $54,000 (-31.2%)	$45,750 → $46,379 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $97,500 (-35.5%)	$54,200 → $44,600 (-17.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$660 → $769 (+16.5%)

Percival

Population

102115

Median household income

$78,466$54,000

Median home value

$151,100$97,500

Riverton

Population

261174

Median household income

$45,750$46,379

Median home value

$54,200$44,600

Median gross rent

$660$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Percival	Riverton
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	27.0%	4.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	4.3%	33.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.9%
75 and over	24.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Percival	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	16.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Percival	Riverton
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	47.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Percival	Riverton
Drove alone	84.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Percival	Riverton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Percival	Riverton
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.9%
Average household size	1.92	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1942	1938