Joplin vs Riverview Colony

A side-by-side comparison of Joplin and Riverview Colony: population, income, housing, and more.

Joplin and Riverview Colony are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Joplin has the higher population (269 vs 212 in Riverview Colony). Joplin has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $2,499 in Riverview Colony). Since 2019, Joplin's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs -35.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
Population	269	212
Median age	31.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$2,499
Median home value	$102,400	—
Housing units	98	31
Homeownership rate	82.6%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
Population	218 → 269 (+23.4%)	326 → 212 (-35.0%)
Median household income	$48,603 → $67,292 (+38.5%)	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $102,400 (-8.2%)	—

Joplin

Population

218269

Median household income

$48,603$67,292

Median home value

$111,600$102,400

Riverview Colony

Population

326212

Median household income

$2,499$2,499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
Under 5	14.9%	25.5%
5 to 17	32.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	24.5%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	4.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.7%
75 and over	1.9%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
No high school diploma	17.7%	92.2%
High school graduate	13.5%	0.9%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
Drove alone	83.3%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	79.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
1-unit, detached	71.4%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	41.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	58.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joplin	Riverview Colony
Poverty rate	30.9%	86.8%
Average household size	3.13	6.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1966	1976