Best PlacesRiverton, UT 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 207th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and air quality 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
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of cities
Where Riverton ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 29% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 31% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 45% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Riverton
A household needs to earn about $153,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Riverton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $128,860, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 0.56%, 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 9 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 younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
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 retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Riverton
Riverton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Riverton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Riverton, month by month
Riverton sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 68° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Riverton
Salt Lake City International sits about 19 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.4 million passengers in 2025, with 154 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Riverton
Schools across Riverton average a B−, better than 54% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Goldminer's DaughterA+ · 75% proficient
- South Jordan SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Southland SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Draper Park MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Fort Herriman MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- South Jordan MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Corner Canyon HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Bingham HighB− · 42% proficient
- Riverton HighB− · 40% 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 2,097 cities.
Who Riverton suits
Families
Schools land around the 54th percentile and crime safety beats 97%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Riverton
Is Riverton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Riverton ranks 207th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. 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 $603,973. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $128,860 median income, cost of living beats 87% of cities.
Is Riverton safe?
Yes, Riverton is safer than 97% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Riverton?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 132 pleasant days a year, more than 76% of cities.
Is Riverton good for families?
Schools beat 54% of cities, crime safety beats 97%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Riverton with other cities
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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