River Heights vs Wellsville

A side-by-side comparison of River Heights and Wellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

River Heights and Wellsville are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wellsville has the higher population (4,120 vs 2,179 in River Heights). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($110,543 vs $109,063 in River Heights). River Heights has the higher median home value ($427,900 vs $403,500 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	River Heights	Wellsville
Population	2,179	4,120
Median age	36.1 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,063	$110,543
Median home value	$427,900	$403,500
Median gross rent	$1,134	$1,057
Housing units	707	1,160
Homeownership rate	87.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Heights	Wellsville
Population	2,162 → 2,179 (+0.8%)	3,757 → 4,120 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$71,750 → $109,063 (+52.0%)	$89,643 → $110,543 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$257,600 → $427,900 (+66.1%)	$258,400 → $403,500 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,134 (+35.6%)	$930 → $1,057 (+13.7%)

River Heights

Population

2,1622,179

Median household income

$71,750$109,063

Median home value

$257,600$427,900

Median gross rent

$836$1,134

Wellsville

Population

3,7574,120

Median household income

$89,643$110,543

Median home value

$258,400$403,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Heights	Wellsville
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	30.2%
18 to 24	13.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	6.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.2%
75 and over	6.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Heights	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Heights	Wellsville
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	15.7%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Heights	Wellsville
Drove alone	72.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	13.5%	13.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	14.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Heights	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	92.6%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	River Heights	Wellsville
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.2%
Average household size	3.14	3.64
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1975	1990