Riverton vs Scammon

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

Riverton and Scammon 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 397 in Scammon). Riverton has the higher median household income ($93,281 vs $63,125 in Scammon). Riverton has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $81,700 in Scammon).

Population, income & housing

	Riverton	Scammon
Population	683	397
Median age	47.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,281	$63,125
Median home value	$131,800	$81,700
Median gross rent	$668	$590
Housing units	279	242
Homeownership rate	84.3%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverton	Scammon
Population	741 → 683 (-7.8%)	574 → 397 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$42,955 → $93,281 (+117.2%)	$35,000 → $63,125 (+80.4%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $131,800 (+51.1%)	$46,700 → $81,700 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $668 (+10.0%)	$775 → $590 (-23.9%)

Riverton

Population

741683

Median household income

$42,955$93,281

Median home value

$87,200$131,800

Median gross rent

$607$668

Scammon

Population

574397

Median household income

$35,000$63,125

Median home value

$46,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$775$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverton	Scammon
Under 5	12.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.1%
75 and over	9.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverton	Scammon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
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	2.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverton	Scammon
No high school diploma	1.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverton	Scammon
Drove alone	73.1%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverton	Scammon
1-unit, detached	90.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Riverton	Scammon
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1983	1949