Baxter Springs vs Riverton

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

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

Baxter Springs has the higher population (3,863 vs 683 in Riverton). Riverton has the higher median household income ($93,281 vs $60,139 in Baxter Springs). Riverton has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $87,600 in Baxter Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
Population	3,863	683
Median age	38.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,139	$93,281
Median home value	$87,600	$131,800
Median gross rent	$792	$668
Housing units	1,736	279
Homeownership rate	71.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
Population	3,983 → 3,863 (-3.0%)	741 → 683 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$36,744 → $60,139 (+63.7%)	$42,955 → $93,281 (+117.2%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $87,600 (+27.3%)	$87,200 → $131,800 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $792 (+33.1%)	$607 → $668 (+10.0%)

Baxter Springs

Population

3,9833,863

Median household income

$36,744$60,139

Median home value

$68,800$87,600

Median gross rent

$595$792

Riverton

Population

741683

Median household income

$42,955$93,281

Median home value

$87,200$131,800

Median gross rent

$607$668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
Under 5	4.3%	12.6%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	13.8%
75 and over	4.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
No high school diploma	13.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	27.1%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
Drove alone	84.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	22.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
1-unit, detached	89.6%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baxter Springs	Riverton
Poverty rate	19.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1943	1983