
Illinois · Census place 64486
Riverton, IL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Riverton, Illinois (Riverton, IL — Census place “Riverton village”) is 3,506 residents, ranking #405 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $75,527, the median home is worth $140,000 and median gross rent runs $1,035 a month. Looking for the Riverton Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Riverton, IL: 62561.
- Population
- 3,506Riverton village residents
- Median household income
- $75,527Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $140,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,035Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 48.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62.2%Owner-occupied households
Riverton ZIP codes (Illinois)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Riverton.
The Riverton IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Riverton village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Riverton village median would spend about 16.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9% of residents and 62.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Riverton village, IL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Riverton village is a small town in Illinois, with 3,506 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #405 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 48.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Riverton village earn a median of $75,527 a year, 3.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Riverton village is valued at $140,000, 53.9% below the national figure and 22% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,035 a month, 26.4% below the national figure, or roughly $12,420 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 62.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Illinois.
- New Baden village 3,493
- Smithton village 3,512
- Fulton city 3,457
- Hainesville village 3,524
- Westville village 3,442
- Wadsworth village 3,535
- Germantown Hills village 3,425
- Tolono village 3,546
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Riverton village?
- Riverton village has 3,506 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #405 of 1,462 in Illinois.
- What is the median household income in Riverton village?
- Median household income in Riverton village is $75,527 a year, 3.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Riverton village?
- Median gross rent is $1,035 a month and the median home value is $140,000, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.
- Is Riverton village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Riverton village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Riverton village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.