Riverton, NE

Census Place

2024 Population

106

US Senator

Deb Fischer

Republican Party

US Senator

Pete Ricketts

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

43.8

19.3% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

13.2%

11.7% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$44,519

0.609% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Riverton, NE employs 60 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Riverton, NE were Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (23 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (15 people), and Construction (8 people), and the highest paying industries were Transportation & Warehousing ($63,750), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($63,750), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($42,614).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 66

7.14%

1 Year growth

± 153%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Riverton, NE grew at a rate of 7.14%, from 56 employees to 60 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Riverton, NE, are Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations (22 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (8 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (6 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Riverton, NE.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Nebraska.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Nebraska (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 66

7.14%

1 Year growth

± 153%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Riverton, NE grew at a rate of 7.14%, from 56 employees to 60 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Riverton, NE, are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (23 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (15 people), and Construction (8 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Riverton, NE, though some of these residents may live in Riverton, NE and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$43,462

Median earning men ± $7,857

$30,000

Median earning women ± $47,562

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($63,750) and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($42,614).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($17,031).

Housing & Living

People in Riverton, NE have an average commute time of 12.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Riverton, NE is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$31,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$13,966

$38

Median Property Taxes

±$34

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Riverton, NE the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Riverton, NE compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$44,519

Median Household Income

± $12,738

Number of Households

± 32

In 2024, the median household income of the 49 households in Riverton, NE declined from $44,519 from the previous year's value of $44,792.

The following chart displays the households in Riverton, NE distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $40k - $45k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Riverton, NE is from Nebraska.

0.447

2024 Wage GINI in Nebraska

0.447

2023 Wage GINI in Nebraska

In 2024, the income inequality in Nebraska was 0.447 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.182% growth from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Nebraska was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Nebraska in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Nebraska across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (83.3%)
Carpooled (13.3%)
Worked At Home (3.33%)

In 2024, 83.3% of workers in Riverton, NE drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (13.3%) and those who worked at home (3.33%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

12.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Riverton, NE have a shorter commute time (12.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Riverton, NE have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Riverton, NE compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Riverton, NE distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Riverton, NE have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

13.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Riverton, NE (14 out of 106 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Males 16 - 17.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Riverton, NE is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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