State Guide

Best Places to Live in Wyoming

The most affordable, safest, and highest-income cities across 204 Wyoming cities — ranked from official data.

Compare any two WY cities:

Choosing where to live in Wyoming comes down to a few trade-offs — cost of living, safety, income, and schools. The rankings below pull those out from U.S. Census, FBI, and NCES data so you can see the standouts at a glance, then drill into any city or put two side by side.

Most Affordable Cities in Wyoming

Lowest cost of living index (100 = U.S. average · lower is cheaper).

#	City	Cost of Living	Population
1	Casper	92	58,631
2	Mills	92	4,218
3	Bar Nunn	92	2,945
4	Evansville	92	2,755
5	Hartrandt	92	903
6	Vista West	92	817
7	Red Butte	92	758
8	Casper Mountain	92	671
9	Midwest	92	205
10	Homa Hills	92	202

Safest Cities in Wyoming

Lowest crime index (100 = U.S. average · lower is safer). Limited to cities with complete FBI reporting.

#	City	Crime Index	Population
1	Sheridan	40	18,807
2	Jackson	41	10,748
3	Cody	41	10,081
4	Laramie	43	31,735
5	Rock Springs	44	23,361
6	Green River	48	11,772
7	Gillette	60	33,158
8	Casper	86	58,631
9	Evanston	93	11,801
10	Cheyenne	109	64,795

Highest-Income Cities in Wyoming

Highest median household income (US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates).

#	City	Median Income	Population
1	Jackson	$101,477	10,748
2	Gillette	$90,415	33,158
3	Green River	$83,497	11,772
4	Rock Springs	$75,863	23,361
5	Cheyenne	$74,989	64,795
6	Evanston	$70,825	11,801
7	Cody	$67,764	10,081
8	Casper	$67,011	58,631
9	Sheridan	$57,667	18,807
10	Riverton	$50,861	10,733

Best School Districts in Wyoming

Highest school-quality grade (student-teacher ratio, adult attainment, and graduation data where available).

#	City	School Grade	Population
1	Jackson	A+	10,748
2	Laramie	A	31,735
3	Cody	A-	10,081
4	Sheridan	B+	18,807
5	Cheyenne	B	64,795
6	Green River	B	11,772
7	Casper	B	58,631
8	Gillette	B	33,158
9	Riverton	B-	10,733
10	Evanston	B-	11,801

Popular Wyoming City Comparisons

Head-to-head breakdowns of the state's largest cities.

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All Cities in Wyoming

Click any city for the full profile. Data from U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-Year Estimates).

City	Population	Median Income	Median Home	Median Rent	Unemployment	Crime Index
Cheyenne	64,795	$74,989	$283,100	$993	3.4%	109
Casper	58,631	$67,011	$242,800	$942	3.3%	86
Gillette	33,158	$90,415	$242,900	$900	3.6%	60
Laramie	31,735	$50,539	$274,800	$929	4.7%	43
Rock Springs	23,361	$75,863	$243,100	$925	5.4%	44
Sheridan	18,807	$57,667	$287,400	$909	3.4%	40
Evanston	11,801	$70,825	$198,000	$726	4.2%	93
Green River	11,772	$83,497	$244,600	$923	6.1%	48
Jackson	10,748	$101,477	$921,100	$1,614	0.8%	41
Riverton	10,733	$50,861	$194,600	$799	7.1%	193
Cody	10,081	$67,764	$301,900	$964	3.1%	41
Rawlins	8,287	$70,054	$204,300	$805	7.1%	—
Lander	7,561	$62,958	$285,700	$859	4.3%	55
Powell	6,460	$62,899	$238,900	$797	6.4%	73
Douglas	6,356	$79,322	$231,200	$877	4.5%	27
Torrington	6,161	$55,434	$182,600	$742	4.9%	99
Ranchettes	5,731	$119,809	$519,500	$545	1.7%	86
Worland	4,812	$59,679	$178,700	$672	1.9%	29
Buffalo	4,475	$55,245	$266,500	$919	4.0%	28
Fox Farm-College	4,226	$53,486	—	$1,145	1.9%	86
Mills	4,218	$55,231	$150,500	$882	6.1%	22
South Greeley	3,787	$51,392	$73,600	$1,104	6.7%	86
Wheatland	3,575	$53,627	$223,300	$699	1.8%	—
Newcastle	3,380	$71,597	$178,900	$743	2.7%	35
Bar Nunn	2,945	$104,028	$291,300	$1,080	5.1%	70
Glenrock	2,863	$64,797	$208,600	$945	9.3%	19
Warren AFB	2,836	$58,856	—	$1,381	11.8%	86
Evansville	2,755	$76,646	$236,300	$797	5.4%	70
Thermopolis	2,722	$66,591	$173,600	$793	0.9%	19
Kemmerer	2,640	$71,284	$166,600	$757	1.0%	22
North Rock Springs	2,529	$116,182	$314,700	$911	4.3%	46
Afton	2,303	$52,273	$296,300	$724	6.3%	22
Star Valley Ranch	2,231	$92,250	$416,700	$1,629	1.2%	22
Lovell	2,178	$58,229	$192,400	$744	2.9%	—
Greybull	2,145	$64,000	$154,400	$769	12.1%	—
Pinedale	1,946	$95,120	$267,600	$1,251	0.0%	16
South Park	1,899	$109,402	$1,283,200	—	3.6%	25
Hoback	1,874	$136,436	$1,125,000	—	1.2%	25
Lyman	1,736	$100,875	$258,800	$1,038	4.2%	65
Saratoga	1,715	$72,381	$256,500	$780	0.0%	48
Arapahoe	1,596	$64,886	$162,500	$447	18.6%	55
Wright	1,509	$88,150	$220,300	$1,015	1.8%	56
Lusk	1,505	$46,797	$183,800	$959	9.3%	79
Fort Washakie	1,481	$40,000	$160,700	$454	18.5%	55
Ethete	1,471	$80,000	$116,300	$480	27.1%	55
Sleepy Hollow	1,390	$113,608	$267,500	—	0.4%	56
Pine Bluffs	1,363	$62,766	$304,300	$695	0.7%	86
Wilson	1,303	$128,981	—	—	0.0%	25
Grover	1,279	$79,460	$409,300	—	0.0%	22
Basin	1,275	$55,635	$113,900	$736	2.0%	—
Rafter J Ranch	1,233	$144,844	$906,000	$2,667	0.0%	25
Marbleton	1,187	$71,750	$175,000	$829	13.0%	16
Moose Wilson Road	1,143	$105,673	$2,000,001	$1,319	3.4%	25
Mountain View	1,114	$69,514	$236,700	$829	4.8%	65
Sundance	1,102	$54,167	$260,000	—	0.0%	25
Powder Horn	1,010	$132,075	$609,500	—	0.0%	32
Guernsey	985	$84,219	$144,600	$845	0.9%	—
Story	983	$107,188	—	$1,409	0.0%	32
Ranchester	967	$63,083	$274,800	$723	1.6%	32
Upton	943	$65,664	$144,000	—	2.9%	121
Teton Village	906	$94,132	$2,000,001	—	0.9%	25
Hartrandt	903	$64,091	—	—	13.1%	70
Alpine	891	$85,326	$434,100	$1,107	0.0%	22
Bear River	873	$105,625	$323,200	$1,500	2.3%	65
Dayton	871	$86,786	$279,100	$779	0.7%	32
Osmond	826	$123,086	$275,700	—	0.0%	22
Vista West	817	$107,802	$368,300	—	0.0%	70
Dubois	778	$57,614	$209,600	$839	5.5%	52
Moorcroft	775	$59,167	$242,300	$991	3.1%	89
Red Butte	758	$177,631	$366,700	—	0.0%	70
Hanna	734	$54,634	$114,900	$1,105	13.4%	42
Diamondville	700	$64,167	$126,300	$593	1.5%	22
Casper Mountain	671	$140,556	$423,400	—	0.0%	70
Cowley	668	$73,214	$199,600	$1,069	3.2%	—
Meeteetse	665	$40,603	$159,700	$733	1.6%	46
Thayne	656	$73,036	$375,700	$1,042	0.0%	22
Shoshoni	640	$39,485	$81,200	$738	5.8%	55
Lucerne	596	$73,558	$265,900	—	0.0%	16
Alta	581	$161,979	$1,139,500	—	0.0%	25
Byron	549	$75,104	$147,500	$925	4.0%	—
Purple Sage	546	$53,420	$9,999	$856	0.0%	46
Rolling Hills	544	$103,406	$261,500	—	0.0%	25
Pine Haven	515	$61,000	$298,100	—	1.6%	25
Boulder Flats	513	$68,333	$170,200	$1,083	15.3%	55
James Town	508	$110,688	$376,700	—	0.0%	46
Smoot	503	$104,643	$494,600	—	24.6%	22
Clearview Acres	495	$113,256	$57,800	—	0.0%	46
Baggs	488	$82,917	$169,500	$1,170	0.0%	—
Parkman	473	$61,216	$612,500	—	0.0%	32
Hudson	463	$52,750	$197,600	$650	4.6%	55
Big Piney	450	$60,893	$187,500	$850	7.6%	16
Cokeville	423	$81,563	$170,800	$1,263	6.8%	22
Hulett	414	$68,177	$183,700	$703	0.0%	25
Burns	392	$47,128	$187,500	$1,232	0.0%	86
Encampment	386	$48,641	$180,000	$1,188	0.0%	—
Sinclair	379	$82,500	$167,900	$1,309	0.0%	—
Auburn	369	$100,776	$284,700	—	0.0%	22
LaGrange	356	$45,478	—	$537	3.4%	56
Medicine Bow	352	$30,250	$79,500	$467	7.3%	—
Lingle	351	$70,750	$188,900	$819	1.9%	56
Centennial	345	$97,589	$571,800	—	0.0%	42
Turnerville	328	—	$1,251,800	—	0.0%	22
Y-O Ranch	313	$65,840	—	—	37.9%	—
Dixon	310	$66,500	$117,400	—	0.0%	—
Alpine Northeast	303	$185,074	—	—	0.0%	22
Pavillion	290	$50,000	$95,000	$1,107	4.3%	55
Alpine Northwest	289	—	—	—	0.0%	22
Rock River	269	$64,821	$125,000	$1,194	0.0%	42
Kaycee	268	$47,750	$120,000	$1,347	0.0%	30
La Barge	259	$56,458	$208,300	—	22.4%	22
Wamsutter	251	$65,625	—	—	6.9%	46
Burlington	249	$82,188	$181,300	—	4.2%	—
Eden	236	$68,781	$133,400	—	0.0%	46
Ten Sleep	236	$37,500	$225,000	$725	0.0%	30
Johnstown	231	$56,250	$275,000	$719	4.9%	55
Bedford	225	—	—	—	0.0%	22
Superior	220	$90,982	$75,000	—	0.0%	46
Farson	217	$42,721	—	—	0.0%	46
Hill View Heights	217	—	$228,900	—	14.9%	27
Frannie	213	$52,344	$120,800	$618	6.0%	—
Glendo	209	—	$182,100	$642	4.2%	—
Kelly	206	—	—	—	50.6%	25
Midwest	205	$72,826	$54,300	$525	1.7%	70
Homa Hills	202	$121,250	$216,000	—	0.0%	70
East Thermopolis	198	$25,625	$97,900	$463	0.0%	16
Granger	197	—	$129,200	—	4.2%	46
Chugwater	196	$63,309	$254,900	$830	2.8%	—
Garland	188	—	—	—	0.0%	46
Freedom	186	—	$326,900	—	0.0%	22
Albin	185	$158,047	$138,400	$967	47.1%	86
Woods Landing-Jelm	182	$126,635	$360,600	—	0.0%	42
Crowheart	174	$138,214	—	—	9.4%	55
Manville	174	$56,000	$88,800	—	0.0%	52
Carpenter	172	—	—	—	0.0%	86
Fort Bridger	170	—	—	—	0.0%	65
Taylor	170	$84,896	$219,200	—	10.8%	22
Ralston	167	$38,151	—	—	0.0%	46
Bairoil	162	—	—	—	15.4%	46
Daniel	158	—	$566,500	—	0.0%	16
Bondurant	156	—	—	—	0.0%	16
Urie	154	—	$217,100	—	0.0%	65
Fort Laramie	151	$55,625	$117,900	—	1.3%	56
Deaver	142	$41,667	$113,900	$783	6.6%	—
Nordic	132	$66,400	$382,500	—	0.0%	22
Manderson	121	$43,438	$40,600	—	1.2%	—
Bessemer Bend	118	$153,618	$394,600	—	0.0%	70
Edgerton	116	$40,139	—	—	0.0%	70
Oakley	113	—	—	—	0.0%	22
Yoder	112	$27,417	$115,600	$1,071	5.4%	56
Meadow Acres	107	$147,083	$782,900	—	1.3%	70
Clearmont	99	$46,250	$267,500	$875	0.0%	32
Brookhurst	91	$71,000	$165,600	—	0.0%	70
Elk Mountain	91	$63,654	$211,500	—	0.0%	—
Orin	91	—	—	—	0.0%	25
Chugcreek	87	—	—	—	0.0%	—
Lakeview North	87	$177,917	—	—	0.0%	—
Fairview	85	—	—	—	0.0%	22
Alcova	84	—	—	—	0.0%	70
Reliance	79	—	—	—	49.4%	46
McKinnon	76	—	—	—	0.0%	46
Whiting	75	$60,268	$172,300	—	—	—
Opal	74	$67,917	$42,000	—	0.0%	22
Arrowhead Springs	72	$102,500	$400,000	—	0.0%	46
Big Horn	72	—	—	—	0.0%	32
Robertson	71	—	—	—	100.0%	65
Mammoth	69	—	—	—	0.0%	46
Point of Rocks	68	—	—	—	0.0%	46
Westview Circle	62	—	—	—	0.0%	—
Hartville	58	$54,125	—	—	0.0%	—
Slater	54	$7,328	—	—	—	—
Lance Creek	49	—	$2,000,001	—	0.0%	52
Esterbrook	48	$94,375	$370,000	—	0.0%	25
Kirby	47	$33,750	$97,500	—	40.0%	16
Washam	47	—	—	—	—	46
Hyattville	46	$40,536	—	—	—	—
Fontenelle	37	—	—	—	0.0%	22
Riverside	36	—	$217,900	—	0.0%	—
Hawk Springs	35	—	—	—	0.0%	56
Jeffrey City	34	—	—	—	—	55
Osage	33	—	—	—	0.0%	27
Atlantic City	31	—	—	—	0.0%	55
Hillsdale	31	—	—	—	0.0%	86
Ryan Park	28	—	—	—	—	—
Little America	21	—	—	—	0.0%	46
Boulder	19	—	—	—	0.0%	16
Van Tassell	17	—	—	—	0.0%	52
Albany	16	—	—	—	0.0%	42
El Rancho	16	—	—	—	0.0%	—
Huntley	12	—	—	—	0.0%	56
Lonetree	10	—	—	—	—	65
Arvada	8	—	—	—	0.0%	32
Fox Park	7	—	—	—	0.0%	42
Lost Springs	2	—	—	—	0.0%	25
Arlington	1	—	—	—	0.0%	—
Antelope Hills	0	—	—	—	—	70
Beulah	0	—	—	—	—	25
Carter	0	—	—	—	—	65
Cora	0	—	—	—	—	16
Etna	0	—	—	—	—	22
Owl Creek	0	—	—	—	—	16
Powder River	0	—	—	—	—	70
Shell	0	—	—	—	—	—
Table Rock	0	—	—	—	—	46
Veteran	0	—	—	—	—	56

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most affordable city in Wyoming?

Casper, WY is among the most affordable cities in Wyoming, with a cost of living index of 92 (US average = 100) and a median home value of $242,800. See the full ranking above.

What is the safest city in Wyoming?

Sheridan, WY ranks among the safest cities in Wyoming, with a crime index of 40 (100 = U.S. average, lower is safer). Crime data from the FBI UCR Program.

Which Wyoming city has the highest median income?

Jackson, WY has one of the highest median household incomes in Wyoming at $101,477 per year. Source: US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates.