HomeIllinoisSangamon CountyRiverton village
Riverton village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Riverton village is a Census village of 3,513 people across 3.22 square miles of land, in Sangamon County. Median household income is $80,920, 69.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.6 m.
80 sourced place values · tier FULL · 9 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Riverton
What Riverton is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area3.22 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,092
- County holding the largest share of its areaSangamon County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverton
How many people live in Riverton
- Population3,513
- Median age48.6
- Population under 18578 plus or minus 281
- Share under 1816.5 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Population 65 and over604 plus or minus 342
- Share 65 and over17.2 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Households1,701
- Family households954
- Share of households that are families56.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverton
Income and work in Riverton
- Median household income$80,920
- Per capita income$44,167
- Civilian labor force2,454
- Employed2,454
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over2,653
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.4 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverton
Housing in Riverton
- Housing units1,994
- Occupied units1,701
- Vacant units293 plus or minus 174
- Vacancy rate14.7 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Owner occupied1,189 plus or minus 282
- Renter occupied512 plus or minus 210
- Ownership rate69.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$152,200 plus or minus $37,070
- Median gross rent, monthly$981 plus or minus $299
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units1,620
- Share single family81.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more227 plus or minus 156
- Share in buildings of two or more11.4 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Mobile homes147 plus or minus 119
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverton
How Riverton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,161
- Commuting under 15 minutes214 plus or minus 164
- Share commuting under 15 minutes9.9 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more616 plus or minus 289
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.5 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Drove alone85.4 percent
- Carpooled3.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home11.3 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverton
SBA loans in Riverton (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$3,645,000
- Average approval$1,822,500
- Median approval$2,160,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,160,000
- Largest approval$2,160,000
- Jobs supported60
- Jobs per approval30.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Riverton
SBA loans in Riverton (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$263,000
- Average approval$131,500
- Median approval$138,000
- Largest approval$138,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Riverton
Flood risk in Riverton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170603
- Currently effective map date08/02/07
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Sangamon County, not Riverton
Sangamon County context, not Riverton figures
These are Sangamon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Riverton measurements.
- Establishments in Sangamon County4,925
- Employment at those establishments, Sangamon County80,005
- Covered employment, Sangamon County134,376
- Average annual pay, Sangamon County$69,350
- Average weekly wage, Sangamon County$1,334
- Housing units permitted, Sangamon County191
- Of those, single family, Sangamon County123
- County product, 2024, Sangamon County$15,668,703,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sangamon County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sangamon County$58,644
Every figure in this section is published for Sangamon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Riverton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Riverton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riverton, Illinois?
3,513, in 1,701 households. Riverton village covers 3.22 square miles of land, which is 1,092 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riverton in?
Sangamon County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Riverton?
$80,920. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $152,200. Median gross rent is $981 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Riverton businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $3.6 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $2,160,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $263,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riverton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Riverton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Riverton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Riverton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Riverton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170603, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Riverton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sangamon County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Riverton.
Is zoning published for Riverton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.