Riverton vs West Mineral

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

Riverton and West Mineral 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 155 in West Mineral). Riverton has the higher median household income ($93,281 vs $40,417 in West Mineral). Riverton has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $36,800 in West Mineral).

Population, income & housing

	Riverton	West Mineral
Population	683	155
Median age	47.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,281	$40,417
Median home value	$131,800	$36,800
Median gross rent	$668	$1,300
Housing units	279	87
Homeownership rate	84.3%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverton	West Mineral
Population	741 → 683 (-7.8%)	129 → 155 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$42,955 → $93,281 (+117.2%)	$32,500 → $40,417 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $131,800 (+51.1%)	$29,500 → $36,800 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $668 (+10.0%)	$1,042 → $1,300 (+24.8%)

Riverton

Population

741683

Median household income

$42,955$93,281

Median home value

$87,200$131,800

Median gross rent

$607$668

West Mineral

Population

129155

Median household income

$32,500$40,417

Median home value

$29,500$36,800

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverton	West Mineral
Under 5	12.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	21.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	5.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.3%
75 and over	9.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverton	West Mineral
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	72.3%
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	2.2%	21.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverton	West Mineral
No high school diploma	1.6%	11.8%
High school graduate	44.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverton	West Mineral
Drove alone	73.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverton	West Mineral
1-unit, detached	90.0%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverton	West Mineral
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1983	1970