Midvale vs Riverton

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

Midvale 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 35,736 in Midvale). Riverton has the higher median household income ($119,093 vs $73,058 in Midvale). Riverton has the higher median home value ($543,900 vs $408,400 in Midvale).

Population, income & housing

	Midvale	Riverton
Population	35,736	44,944
Median age	32.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,058	$119,093
Median home value	$408,400	$543,900
Median gross rent	$1,480	$1,826
Housing units	16,383	14,050
Homeownership rate	43.9%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midvale	Riverton
Population	33,318 → 35,736 (+7.3%)	43,250 → 44,944 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$60,216 → $73,058 (+21.3%)	$101,619 → $119,093 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $408,400 (+56.2%)	$349,600 → $543,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,480 (+32.4%)	$1,584 → $1,826 (+15.3%)

Midvale

Population

33,31835,736

Median household income

$60,216$73,058

Median home value

$261,400$408,400

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,480

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)

	Midvale	Riverton
Under 5	6.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	22.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	24.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	7.3%
75 and over	2.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midvale	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	83.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	3.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midvale	Riverton
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	21.4%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midvale	Riverton
Drove alone	64.2%	66.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.7%
Public transit	3.4%	1.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.4%	20.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midvale	Riverton
1-unit, detached	34.9%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	20.8%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Midvale	Riverton
Poverty rate	10.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.27	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1987	2000