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Wheatland, WY

3,550 Population
4.1 square miles 863.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Platte County: 47 ±3.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,915 ±$5,077 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Platte County: $39,225 ±$3,157
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,750 ±$6,616 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Platte County: $67,718 † ±$6,763
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±5.3% (316  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Platte County: 7.7% † 655 (±2.6% / ±216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.3 minutes ±2.8 (15,190  ±5,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Platte County: 15.8 † 51,040 (±2.8 / ±10,183)
  • about half the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)
  • about one-third of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,564 ±209 Number of households
  • Platte County: 3,848 ±219
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (3,447  ±17) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Platte County: 2.2 8,506 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • 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

7.4% ±6.2% (50  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Platte County: 3.6% † 55 (±2.9% / ±44)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,859 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Platte County: 4,688 ±13
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$259,200 ±$25,175 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Platte County: $297,900 † ±$33,437
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±5.8% (313  ±207.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Platte County: 5.6% † 477 (±2.7% / ±227.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.2% ±12% (2,331  ±368.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Platte County: 92.9% 6,112 (±7.1% / ±501.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±5.8% (473  ±157.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Platte County: 20.7% † 1,365 (±3.7% / ±246.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)
  • about half 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

0.1% ±0.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Platte County: 0.6% 49
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2.7% (153  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Platte County: 9.1% † 625 (±2.2% / ±151)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
153 Total veterans ±76 153 Male ±76 N/A Female ±13

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