Ethete vs Riverton

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

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

Riverton has the higher population (10,803 vs 1,438 in Ethete). Ethete has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $56,280 in Riverton). Riverton has the higher median home value ($204,900 vs $117,000 in Ethete).

Population, income & housing

	Ethete	Riverton
Population	1,438	10,803
Median age	26.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$56,280
Median home value	$117,000	$204,900
Median gross rent	$493	$885
Housing units	331	4,564
Homeownership rate	65.7%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	27.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ethete	Riverton
Population	1,486 → 1,438 (-3.2%)	10,891 → 10,803 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $83,750 (+59.5%)	$52,463 → $56,280 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $117,000 (+0.6%)	$156,800 → $204,900 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$395 → $493 (+24.8%)	$802 → $885 (+10.3%)

Ethete

Population

1,4861,438

Median household income

$52,500$83,750

Median home value

$116,300$117,000

Median gross rent

$395$493

Riverton

Population

10,89110,803

Median household income

$52,463$56,280

Median home value

$156,800$204,900

Median gross rent

$802$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ethete	Riverton
Under 5	7.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	28.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.7%
75 and over	2.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ethete	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	5.6%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.2%	8.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ethete	Riverton
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ethete	Riverton
Drove alone	74.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ethete	Riverton
1-unit, detached	82.2%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Ethete	Riverton
Poverty rate	14.9%	11.6%
Average household size	5.24	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1982	1975