Fort Washakie vs Riverton

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

Fort Washakie 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 1,345 in Fort Washakie). Riverton has the higher median household income ($56,280 vs $36,429 in Fort Washakie). Riverton has the higher median home value ($204,900 vs $97,200 in Fort Washakie).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
Population	1,345	10,803
Median age	31.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$56,280
Median home value	$97,200	$204,900
Median gross rent	$558	$885
Housing units	428	4,564
Homeownership rate	58.4%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
Population	1,741 → 1,345 (-22.7%)	10,891 → 10,803 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$49,609 → $36,429 (-26.6%)	$52,463 → $56,280 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $97,200 (-15.8%)	$156,800 → $204,900 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$449 → $558 (+24.3%)	$802 → $885 (+10.3%)

Fort Washakie

Population

1,7411,345

Median household income

$49,609$36,429

Median home value

$115,500$97,200

Median gross rent

$449$558

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)

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	26.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.7%
75 and over	5.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
White (non-Hispanic)	5.1%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.6%	8.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
No high school diploma	17.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
Drove alone	85.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.2%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
1-unit, detached	72.4%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washakie	Riverton
Poverty rate	31.2%	11.6%
Average household size	3.91	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1982	1975