Fort Ripley vs Riverton

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

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

Riverton has the higher population (148 vs 63 in Fort Ripley). Riverton has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $53,542 in Fort Ripley). Fort Ripley has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $125,000 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
Population	63	148
Median age	59.5 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$70,000
Median home value	$218,800	$125,000
Median gross rent	—	$682
Housing units	31	88
Homeownership rate	90.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
Population	45 → 63 (+40.0%)	178 → 148 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $53,542 (-13.5%)	$48,750 → $70,000 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$178,100 → $218,800 (+22.9%)	$100,000 → $125,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,077 → $682 (-36.7%)

Fort Ripley

Population

4563

Median household income

$61,875$53,542

Median home value

$178,100$218,800

Riverton

Population

178148

Median household income

$48,750$70,000

Median home value

$100,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$1,077$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	1.6%	2.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	31.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	34.9%	15.5%
75 and over	7.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
No high school diploma	1.8%	17.4%
High school graduate	60.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
Drove alone	77.8%	95.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ripley	Riverton
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.03	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1985	1958