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Lusk, WY

1,482 Population
2.1 square miles 716.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±8.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Niobrara County: 49.6 † ±5.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wyoming: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$30,614 ±$4,747 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Niobrara County: $36,676 † ±$5,419
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $41,006 ±$752
$44,755 ±$14,269 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Niobrara County: $48,987 † ±$10,794
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wyoming: $74,815 ±$1,225

21.3% ±11.4% (268  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niobrara County: 17.6% † 386 (±7.8% / ±171)
  • about double the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,704 (±0.6% / ±3,235)

14.1 minutes ±4.6 (7,360  ±2,990) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Niobrara County: 15.3 † 13,670 (±2.8 / ±3,301)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)

Families

705 ±103 Number of households
  • Niobrara County: 1,141 ±90
  • Wyoming: 238,176 ±1,220
1.8 ±0.1 (1,257  ±200) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Niobrara County: 1.9 2,190 (±0.2 / ±16)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 566,169

12.3% ±11.4% (52  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Niobrara County: 21.7% † 124 (±11.6% / ±69)
  • about double the rate in Wyoming: 6.3% 7,992 (±0.6% / ±696)

Housing

823 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Niobrara County: 1,378 ±94
  • Wyoming: 275,131 ±170

$164,200 ±$48,421 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Niobrara County: $194,200 † ±$36,198
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wyoming: $285,100 ±$3,775

17% ±6.2% (252  ±97.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Niobrara County: 11.4% † 273 (±4.1% / ±98.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 15.7% 90,199 (±0.6% / ±3,518.4)

Social

92.8% ±10.4% (1,063  ±173.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Niobrara County: 94.2% 1,803 (±9.2% / ±196.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 94.1% 372,002 (±1.1% / ±4,458.2)
22.1% ±6.9% (253  ±84.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niobrara County: 19.6% † 375 (±4.6% / ±89.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming: 29.9% 118,336 (±0.7% / ±2,563.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.5% ±4.6% (94  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niobrara County: 7% † 145 (±3.1% / ±65)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 9.2% 40,952 (±0.3% / ±1,119)
94 Total veterans ±59 74 Male ±54 20 Female ±33

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