Murray vs Riverton

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

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

Murray has the higher population (49,904 vs 44,944 in Riverton). Riverton has the higher median household income ($119,093 vs $87,864 in Murray). Riverton has the higher median home value ($543,900 vs $470,200 in Murray).

Population, income & housing

	Murray	Riverton
Population	49,904	44,944
Median age	38.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,864	$119,093
Median home value	$470,200	$543,900
Median gross rent	$1,447	$1,826
Housing units	21,421	14,050
Homeownership rate	65.5%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murray	Riverton
Population	49,105 → 49,904 (+1.6%)	43,250 → 44,944 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$64,470 → $87,864 (+36.3%)	$101,619 → $119,093 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$287,100 → $470,200 (+63.8%)	$349,600 → $543,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $1,447 (+30.5%)	$1,584 → $1,826 (+15.3%)

Murray

Population

49,10549,904

Median household income

$64,470$87,864

Median home value

$287,100$470,200

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,447

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)

	Murray	Riverton
Under 5	5.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.3%
75 and over	7.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murray	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	4.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murray	Riverton
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	20.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murray	Riverton
Drove alone	67.9%	66.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.7%
Public transit	2.3%	1.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	18.4%	20.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murray	Riverton
1-unit, detached	52.3%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	12.1%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Murray	Riverton
Poverty rate	6.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.43	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1978	2000