Lowell vs Riverton

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

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

Riverton has the higher population (683 vs 304 in Lowell). Riverton has the higher median household income ($93,281 vs $88,214 in Lowell). Riverton has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $110,700 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Riverton
Population	304	683
Median age	55.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,214	$93,281
Median home value	$110,700	$131,800
Median gross rent	$937	$668
Housing units	124	279
Homeownership rate	54.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Riverton
Population	349 → 304 (-12.9%)	741 → 683 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$32,685 → $88,214 (+169.9%)	$42,955 → $93,281 (+117.2%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $110,700 (+4.1%)	$87,200 → $131,800 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $937 (+60.7%)	$607 → $668 (+10.0%)

Lowell

Population

349304

Median household income

$32,685$88,214

Median home value

$106,300$110,700

Median gross rent

$583$937

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)

	Lowell	Riverton
Under 5	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 17	4.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	18.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	26.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.8%
75 and over	18.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.8%
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	7.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowell	Riverton
No high school diploma	18.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	13.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	59.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Riverton
Drove alone	92.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Riverton
1-unit, detached	59.7%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Riverton
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1997	1983