Kearns metro township vs Riverton

A side-by-side comparison of Kearns metro township and Riverton: population, income, housing, and more.

Kearns metro township 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 37,058 in Kearns metro township). Riverton has the higher median household income ($119,093 vs $83,355 in Kearns metro township). Riverton has the higher median home value ($543,900 vs $334,400 in Kearns metro township).

Population, income & housing

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
Population	37,058	44,944
Median age	32.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,355	$119,093
Median home value	$334,400	$543,900
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,826
Housing units	10,950	14,050
Homeownership rate	82.2%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
Population	36,581 → 37,058 (+1.3%)	43,250 → 44,944 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$64,337 → $83,355 (+29.6%)	$101,619 → $119,093 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$202,000 → $334,400 (+65.5%)	$349,600 → $543,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,644 (+25.6%)	$1,584 → $1,826 (+15.3%)

Kearns metro township

Population

36,58137,058

Median household income

$64,337$83,355

Median home value

$202,000$334,400

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,644

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)

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
Under 5	7.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	7.3%
75 and over	2.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	83.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.6%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
No high school diploma	20.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
Drove alone	72.8%	66.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.9%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.5%	20.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
1-unit, detached	92.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kearns metro township	Riverton
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.4%
Average household size	3.43	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1977	2000