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How Riverton's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
How far does your salary go in Riverton?
Your $100,000 in Riverton has the same purchasing power as $94,091 in the average US city. You'd need $5,909 more here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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So why do people move to Riverton? The honest answer involves a few specific things the data backs up — most clearly paychecks here run high and jobs are easy to find right now, plus 2 more things worth knowing. The detail on each one is below.
Riverton's typical household earns $115,869, which puts it in the top tier of US cities for household income. The bottom of the wage distribution isn't necessarily different from anywhere else, but the median and above sit meaningfully higher.
Unemployment in Riverton is running about 3.5% — below the typical US baseline of around 4%. That usually translates to a job market where employers compete for workers more than the other way around, which is the better side of that equation to be on if you're the one moving.
The reported crime rate in Riverton runs about 1,175 per 100,000 residents — meaningfully below the national norm. People who care about safety as a baseline rather than a feature tend to land in cities with numbers like these.
Average AQI in Riverton comes in around 44, well into the "good" band. Clean air isn't a thing you appreciate until you've lived somewhere it wasn't — and this is the side of that line you want to be on.
Reasons are pulled from Riverton's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
Yes, several times a winter. Riverton's winter average of about 26°F sits right around freezing, so storms typically drop real snow that lingers a few days before slush sets in.
A real winter, but not a punishing one. Riverton averages roughly 26°F in winter, with the coldest mornings dipping into the single digits a few times a year and most days landing somewhere between "chilly" and "actually cold".
Reliably warm. Riverton's summer averages around 90°F, the kind of heat where you remember to leave the house before noon for outdoor things and accept that the back of your shirt will be wet by lunchtime.
Approximately USDA Hardiness Zone 8. That's the band gardeners use to pick plants — anything rated for Zone 8 or colder should survive a typical winter in Riverton. (The estimate is derived from our winter-temperature data; the official USDA map uses station-level annual minimums and may differ by half a zone.)
Roughly 4,547 feet (1,386 m) above sea level. At that altitude, the first few days for a coastal visitor can feel mildly off — shorter breath on stairs, faster fatigue — but it normalizes quickly.
The headline number is reassuring. Riverton's reported incident rate of about 1,175 per 100,000 is comfortably below the US norm of around 3,500 per 100k. Specific neighborhoods always vary, but the broader picture is on the safer side.
It's a middle-of-the-road US city on cost. Riverton's index of 106 sits within a few points of the national average — your money buys roughly what it would in a typical American metro.
In parts, yes. With a citywide Walk Score of 50/100, Riverton has genuinely walkable neighborhoods alongside more sprawled stretches. Transit Score is 19 out of 100. If walkability matters to you, the neighborhood choice will matter more than the city-level number.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $74,396 to live in Riverton the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in Riverton runs about $1,665/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.