Cottonwood Heights vs Riverton

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

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

Riverton has the higher population (44,944 vs 32,984 in Cottonwood Heights). Riverton has the higher median household income ($119,093 vs $116,583 in Cottonwood Heights). Cottonwood Heights has the higher median home value ($641,900 vs $543,900 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
Population	32,984	44,944
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$116,583	$119,093
Median home value	$641,900	$543,900
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,826
Housing units	13,098	14,050
Homeownership rate	71.1%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
Population	34,036 → 32,984 (-3.1%)	43,250 → 44,944 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$93,564 → $116,583 (+24.6%)	$101,619 → $119,093 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$382,900 → $641,900 (+67.6%)	$349,600 → $543,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,697 (+38.0%)	$1,584 → $1,826 (+15.3%)

Cottonwood Heights

Population

34,03632,984

Median household income

$93,564$116,583

Median home value

$382,900$641,900

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,697

Riverton

Population

43,25044,944

Median household income

$101,619$119,093

Median home value

$349,600$543,900

Median gross rent

$1,584$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
Under 5	5.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.3%
75 and over	7.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	4.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	16.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
Drove alone	64.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.9%	1.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	23.3%	20.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
1-unit, detached	71.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Heights	Riverton
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.64	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1978	2000