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Basin, WY

1,290 Population
2.4 square miles 545.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±10.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Big Horn County: 41.7 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,011 ±$6,677 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Big Horn County: $32,991 ±$2,649
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,515 ±$10,368 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Big Horn County: $62,101 ±$3,769
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.9% ±10.3% (171  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Big Horn County: 12.7% † 1,470 (±2.6% / ±305)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.7 minutes ±1.8 (10,105  ±3,098) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Big Horn County: 18.7 † 87,560 (±2.3 / ±12,052)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

507 ±114 Number of households
  • Big Horn County: 4,460 ±193
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,151  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Big Horn County: 2.6 11,566 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

592 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Big Horn County: 5,372 ±33
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,300 ±$53,257 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Big Horn County: $216,500 ±$19,899
  • about half the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±7.9% (237  ±114) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Big Horn County: 12.8% † 1,500 (±2.9% / ±333.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±4.9% (855  ±188.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Big Horn County: 89% 7,255 (±5.5% / ±447.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.5% ±9% (240  ±102.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Big Horn County: 22.9% † 1,862 (±3.1% / ±254.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.5% (15  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Big Horn County: 3.2% 378
  • about one-third of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.8% ±7.3% (168  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Big Horn County: 9.5% † 845 (±1.7% / ±155)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
168 Total veterans ±85 155 Male ±82 13 Female ±17

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