Riverton vs Upland

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

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

Upland has the higher population (118 vs 93 in Riverton). Upland has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $44,792 in Riverton). Since 2019, Riverton's population has grown faster (+132.5% vs -39.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Riverton	Upland
Population	93	118
Median age	36.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,792	$58,125
Median home value	—	$52,500
Median gross rent	$908	—
Housing units	43	66
Homeownership rate	71.8%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverton	Upland
Population	40 → 93 (+132.5%)	196 → 118 (-39.8%)
Median household income	$19,286 → $44,792 (+132.3%)	$63,333 → $58,125 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $13,100 (+31.0%)	$39,200 → $52,500 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $908 (+19.3%)	—

Riverton

Population

4093

Median household income

$19,286$44,792

Median home value

$9,999$13,100

Median gross rent

$761$908

Upland

Population

196118

Median household income

$63,333$58,125

Median home value

$39,200$52,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverton	Upland
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	22.9%
18 to 24	2.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	28.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	21.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	5.9%
55 to 64	23.7%	25.4%
65 to 74	1.1%	13.6%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverton	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	95.8%
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	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverton	Upland
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	57.9%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverton	Upland
Drove alone	85.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverton	Upland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverton	Upland
Poverty rate	11.8%	28.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938