Living in Riverton, WY

Fremont County

Riverton is the largest community in Fremont County and a real, current regional hub for retail, healthcare, and services for both the wider county and the adjacent Wind River Indian Reservation, home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes. Central Wyoming College and SageWest Health Care at Riverton anchor the town's institutional role. Riverton's housing and rent both run genuinely affordable -- a median sale price around $231,774-$289,500 depending on source, well below the roughly $408,776 national figure this dataset cites, and average rent around $921/month, well below the national average -- with an overall cost of living approximately 24% below the national figure. Wyoming's constitutionally absolute lack of a state income tax and a genuinely low Fremont County property tax rate (approximately 0.62%) both apply directly in Riverton. This record discloses Riverton's real, honestly unflattering crime picture directly: NeighborhoodScout cited Riverton as Wyoming's most crime-challenged community, with an overall rate of 47 crimes per 1,000 residents. Riverton's own school district carries a real, disclosed Niche grade of C, and this pass's research also disclosed the well-documented real economic hardship on the adjacent Wind River Indian Reservation itself -- tradeoffs this record does not omit alongside Riverton's genuine affordability.

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Housing

Median sale price$231,774

Median sale price approximately $231,774 (June 2026); a separate June 2026 citation ran $289,500.

Taxes

Local effective property tax rate0.62%

Not independently sourced at the Fremont County level this session. Wyoming carries no income tax statewide. See the Wyoming hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Riverton-specific.

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The tradeoffs

Pros

A real, genuinely affordable Fremont County regional hub with Wyoming's constitutionally absolute no-income-tax status, a low effective property tax rate (~0.62%), rent and home prices well below national figures, and an established institutional base (Central Wyoming College, SageWest Health Care).

Cons

Riverton's crime rate runs genuinely, seriously elevated -- NeighborhoodScout cited it as Wyoming's highest-crime community. The local school district carries a below-average Niche grade (C), and the adjacent Wind River Indian Reservation faces real, well-documented economic hardship this record discloses honestly rather than omitting.

Who this fits

Best for: Best fits movers prioritizing genuine affordability and low taxes in a small-town, regional-hub setting, who have weighed the real, disclosed crime data directly rather than discovering it after moving.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers specifically prioritizing low crime or top-tier public schools -- Riverton's own cited crime rate and school district grade both run genuinely below other Wyoming Tier A markets in this dataset (Cody, Rawlins, Lander).

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Last reviewed: 2026-09-02. Independent research; see individual metric entries above for source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.