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Lincoln County, WY

20,486 Population
4,075.3 square miles 5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • 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

$43,652 ±$2,278 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,330 ±$4,277 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±1.8% (1,522  ±374) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±2.1 (228,450  ±21,361) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,324 ±259 Number of households
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (20,400  ±6) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2.5% (245  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,964 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$372,600 ±$30,045 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±2.9% (2,404  ±588.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±5.9% (13,335  ±819.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26% ±3% (3,634  ±422.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.9% (592  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1.5% (1,259  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,259 Total veterans ±233 1,102 Male ±223 157 Female ±97

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