Best PlacesRiverton, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Riverton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Riverton ranks 5,752nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Riverton
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Riverton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Riverton ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
Where Riverton ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,409 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Riverton
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Riverton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,184, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Riverton's effective rate of 1.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Riverton
Riverton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Riverton.
Who works in Riverton, and how
Work in Riverton centers on education and real estate. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Riverton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Riverton.
What the weather is like in Riverton, month by month
Riverton sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Riverton
Bradley International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Riverton
Schools across Riverton average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colebrook Consolidated SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Hartland SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Barkhamsted Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwestern Regional Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwestern Regional High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Joseph A. Foran High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- The Gilbert SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Riverton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Riverton measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Riverton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Riverton
Is Riverton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Riverton ranks 5,752nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and fast internet, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Riverton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $342,421. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $118,184 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Riverton safe?
Riverton is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Riverton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Riverton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Riverton represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Riverton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Riverton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Riverton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Riverton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Riverton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Riverton detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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