Draper vs Riverton

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

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

Draper has the higher population (50,159 vs 44,944 in Riverton). Draper has the higher median household income ($130,680 vs $119,093 in Riverton). Draper has the higher median home value ($726,000 vs $543,900 in Riverton).

Population, income & housing

	Draper	Riverton
Population	50,159	44,944
Median age	33.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$130,680	$119,093
Median home value	$726,000	$543,900
Median gross rent	$1,812	$1,826
Housing units	16,865	14,050
Homeownership rate	71.7%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Draper	Riverton
Population	48,000 → 50,159 (+4.5%)	43,250 → 44,944 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$117,266 → $130,680 (+11.4%)	$101,619 → $119,093 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$469,000 → $726,000 (+54.8%)	$349,600 → $543,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,812 (+28.1%)	$1,584 → $1,826 (+15.3%)

Draper

Population

48,00050,159

Median household income

$117,266$130,680

Median home value

$469,000$726,000

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,812

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)

	Draper	Riverton
Under 5	6.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	23.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.3%
75 and over	3.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Draper	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	5.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Draper	Riverton
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	13.7%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Draper	Riverton
Drove alone	67.2%	66.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	23.4%	20.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Draper	Riverton
1-unit, detached	62.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	11.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Draper	Riverton
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.96	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	2003	2000