Riverton vs Taylorsville

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

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

Taylorsville has the higher population (59,010 vs 44,944 in Riverton). Riverton has the higher median household income ($119,093 vs $85,608 in Taylorsville). Riverton has the higher median home value ($543,900 vs $398,900 in Taylorsville).

Population, income & housing

	Riverton	Taylorsville
Population	44,944	59,010
Median age	34.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,093	$85,608
Median home value	$543,900	$398,900
Median gross rent	$1,826	$1,432
Housing units	14,050	21,096
Homeownership rate	87.2%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverton	Taylorsville
Population	43,250 → 44,944 (+3.9%)	60,138 → 59,010 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$101,619 → $119,093 (+17.2%)	$66,311 → $85,608 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$349,600 → $543,900 (+55.6%)	$239,400 → $398,900 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,584 → $1,826 (+15.3%)	$1,054 → $1,432 (+35.9%)

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

Taylorsville

Population

60,13859,010

Median household income

$66,311$85,608

Median home value

$239,400$398,900

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverton	Taylorsville
Under 5	7.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.1%
75 and over	3.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverton	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.7%
Asian	2.1%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.6%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverton	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	20.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverton	Taylorsville
Drove alone	66.2%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.8%
Public transit	1.3%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.5%	13.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverton	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	80.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	11.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Riverton	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	3.4%	9.1%
Average household size	3.29	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	2000	1981