Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety2#906/924
Economy64#337/925
Housing70#280/925
Health29#656/925
Healthcare27#674/923
Environment91#85/917
Education63#347/925
Infrastructure70#276/925
Community33#616/925
Leisure & amenities86#129/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Riverton, WY micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low3.8 µg/m³
99/100Wyoming 4.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.406
96/100Wyoming 0.454United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high9.9 /10k
95/100Wyoming 8.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Hot days · low1 days
95/100Wyoming 10 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
New business applications · high20.1 /1k
94/100Wyoming 134.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low17.2 min
93/100Wyoming 18.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high35.2 /100k
1/100Wyoming 25.3 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · high161 /100k
2/100Wyoming 101 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high230 mi
2/100Wyoming 173 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high21.7%
4/100Wyoming 12.5%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Suicide rate · high32.7 /100k
4/100Wyoming 30.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · high18.8 mi
5/100Wyoming 15.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Hot daysWorsening
1 days (2011-2020) → 1 days (2016-2025)
+160%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
New business applicationsImproving
9.6 /1k (2020) → 20.1 /1k (2025)
+109%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenImproving
36.1% (2020 & 2021) → 21.1% (2023 & 2024)
−15 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
55.8 /100k (2021) → 17.4 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−69%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Drought exposureImproving
81% (2021) → 70% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−12 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Riverton, WY micropolitan area improved on 12 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

New businesses+109%9.6 /1k → 20.1 /1k
Pharmacies+24%1.0 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Suicides−33%48.5 /100k → 32.7 /100k
Inequality−0.0260.433 → 0.406
Arts & recreation+34%7.4 /10k → 9.9 /10k

Declined4

Homicides+46%6.3 /100k → 9.2 /100k
Overdose deaths+20%14.5 /100k → 17.4 /100k
Gyms−26%2.0 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Price / income+0.6×3.5× → 4.1×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Riverton, WY micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.4 /10k2020	9.9 /10k2025	+34%	Improved	90%
Average commute time	17.7 min2015-2019	17.2 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	78%
Average weekly wage	$8422020	$1,0162025	+21%	Improved	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Broadband subscriptions	78.0%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	68%
Child poverty rate	16.6%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Distance to an airport	115 mi2020	115 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	77%
Drug overdose deaths	14.5 /100k2020	17.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+20%	Declined	17%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	34%
Firearm deaths	43.4 /100k2020	35.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Improved	81%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−0.7%	Little change	47%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.0 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−26%	Declined	15%
High school diploma or higher	92.1%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	31%
Homicide rate	6.3 /100k2020	9.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+46%	Declined	6%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,0662019	$64,6432024	+32%	Improved	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.4062020-2024	−0.026	Improved	93%
Median household income	$55,8962015-2019	$64,9042020-2024	+16%	Improved	6%
New business applications	9.6 /1k2020	20.1 /1k2025	+109%	Improved	96%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+24%	Improved	95%
Poverty rate	13.0%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−0.5%	Little change	60%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	35.0%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Restaurants and bars	12.0 /10k2020	11.7 /10k2025	−2.8%	Little change	33%
Suicide rate	48.5 /100k2020	32.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−33%	Improved	94%
Traffic deaths	32.1 /100k2015-2019	29.9 /100k2020-2024	−6.9%	Improved	74%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	4.1%2025	−2.6 points	Improved	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.2%2015-2019	21.7%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Riverton, WY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Riverton, WY micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Riverton, WY micropolitan area itself moved −1.4 points in standing on average over the same 28 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

39,533 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

15,037 households (±249)

Riverton, WY micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k14%2,141
$25k–50k22%3,276
$50k–75k20%3,008

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

15,037 households (±249)

Riverton, WY micropolitan area
United States share

Own70%10,547
Rent30%4,490

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

16,786 workers (±465)

Riverton, WY micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone74%12,401
Carpool9.6%1,613
Public transit0.8%†135

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Riverton, WY micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Riverton, WY has 1,281 employer establishments, 322 for every 10,000 residents (1.30× the US rate of 248), with 10,022 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,860. The Census Bureau also counts 3,402 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,281; 3,402 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 322; US 248
Paid employees: 10,022
Average annual pay: $44,860; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Riverton, WY by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	134	33.7	2.18×More than typical	433	$51,187	233
Ambulatory health care services	103	25.9	1.24×About typical	710	$61,396	249
Restaurants and other eating places	69	17.4	0.95×About typical	987	$18,492	11
Lessors of real estate	54	13.6	1.10×About typical	125	$40,648	445
Construction of buildings	47	11.8	1.56×More than typical	127	$45,071	116
Truck transportation	43	10.8	2.14×More than typical	174	$64,960	54
Management, scientific and technical consulting	41	10.3	1.54×More than typical	145	$65,283	122
Building equipment contractors	39	9.8	1.63×More than typical	158	$50,835	28
Offices of other health practitioners	39	9.8	1.61×More than typical	198	$52,045	72
Other specialty trade contractors	34	8.6	3.41×More than typical	125	$53,600	111
Services to buildings and dwellings	34	8.6	1.27×More than typical	58	$31,707	188
Automotive repair and maintenance	33	8.3	1.65×More than typical	117	$49,145	40

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 39,754 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $14.8M on contracts performed in Riverton, WY micropolitan area: $376 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $14.8M; −38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $376; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$10.7M72%
Bureau of Reclamation$2M13%
Bureau of Land Management$1M7.0%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$949.6K6.4%
Forest Service$553.7K3.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$229.8K1.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$156K1.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$137.9K0.9%

Top recipients

ARBOR E & T LLC$10.6M72%
KREW HEAVY CIVIL LLC$1.7M11%
ZIA ENTERPRISES, INC.$758.9K5.1%
NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL$230.4K1.6%
BRUNTON INTERNATIONAL, LLC$229.8K1.5%

Spending by fiscal year

17.2MFY2017
65.8MFY2018
16.7MFY2019
38.8MFY2020
34.6MFY2021
23.9MFY2022
43.9MFY2023
30.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$10.7M72%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$1.7M11%
Support activities for animal production · 1152$759.9K5.1%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$258.4K1.7%
Business schools and computer and management training · 6114$230.4K1.6%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345

Largest awards

BULL LAKE DAM SPILLWAY MODIFICATIONS, RIVERTON UNIT, PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM, WYOMING$109M
KREW HEAVY CIVIL LLC· Fremont County, WY· Construction & real property· Sep 20, 2018 – Apr 2, 2026· 140R6018C0015
JCC OPERATION TASK ORDER$38.6M
ARBOR E & T LLC· Fremont County, WY· Education & social services· Jul 31, 2023 – Sep 3, 2026· 1605JW23F00008
WIND RIVER JCC 2020 CONTRACT$35.2M
ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVES INC· Fremont County, WY· Facilities & utilities· May 18, 2020 – Jun 27, 2026· 1605JW20C0001
WY-BOYSEN PP G1 AND G2 GENERATOR REWINDS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $310.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Riverton, WY micropolitan area: $7,871 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $310.6M; −21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,871; US $12,955
Loan face value: $24.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$174.8M56%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$21.9M7.1%
84.041 · Impact Aid$17.2M5.5%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$17.2M5.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$14.9M4.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.2M2.3%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$5.6M1.8%
17.258 · Wioa Adult Program$5M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBE$10.4M3.4%
LANDER, WY
EASTERN SHOSHONE TRIBE$8.3M2.7%
FORT WASHAKIE, WY
FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 14$7.2M2.3%
LANDER, WY
WIND RIVER INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL$5.8M1.9%
FORT WASHAKIE, WY
FREMONT CO SCHOOL DISTRICT 21$5.8M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$214.2M69%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$24.3M7.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$22.5M7.2%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$17M5.5%
Department of the Interior
Federal Aviation Administration$5.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

437.9MFY2021
345.1MFY2022
326.7MFY2023
349.2MFY2024
393.7MFY2025
310.6MFY2026

County aggregates

78%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Riverton, WY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Fremont CountyCentral county5939,464

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

RivertonPrincipal city10,856

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Wyoming

Areas based in Wyoming, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Riverton, WY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Riverton, WY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Wyoming

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought