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Census Tract 9712, Sweetwater, WY

2,321 Population
13.5 square miles 172.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rock Springs: 35.9 ±1.6
  • a little less than the figure in Sweetwater County: 37.9 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$42,380 ±$9,515 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rock Springs: $41,182 † ±$4,614
  • about the same as the amount in Sweetwater County: $41,511 ±$2,907
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
$68,629 ±$6,838 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rock Springs: $69,168 ±$3,957
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sweetwater County: $75,034 ±$3,808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168

16.6% ±11.6% (382  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Rock Springs: 16.1% † 3,653 (±3.8% / ±863)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sweetwater County: 12.9% † 5,271 (±2.3% / ±923)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)

19.5 minutes ±4.2 (21,880  ±6,808) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rock Springs: 22.5 † 246,350 (±2.5 / ±28,909)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sweetwater County: 23.8 459,225 (±1.9 / ±39,149)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)

Families

1,154 ±187 Number of households
  • Rock Springs: 9,625 ±398
  • Sweetwater County: 17,502 ±351
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
2 ±0.5 (2,321  ±352) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rock Springs: 2.4 22,749 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sweetwater County: 2.3 41,003 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741

7.7% ±8.6% (38  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rock Springs: 6.9% † 374 (±3.5% / ±189)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sweetwater County: 6.4% † 633 (±2.5% / ±245)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)

Housing

1,154 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Rock Springs: 10,678 ±350
  • Sweetwater County: 19,289 ±56
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187

$232,800 ±$37,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rock Springs: $256,200 ±$14,164
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sweetwater County: $251,400 ±$9,650
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824

9.6% ±6.5% (219  ±151.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Rock Springs: 18% † 4,100 (±3.3% / ±742.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sweetwater County: 16.3% † 6,682 (±2.6% / ±1,065.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)

Social

90.1% ±12.8% (1,427  ±283) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rock Springs: 91.5% 13,425 (±5.1% / ±827.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Sweetwater County: 92.8% 25,514 (±3.8% / ±1,063.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
17% ±6% (269  ±101.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rock Springs: 21.9% † 3,209 (±2.7% / ±408.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sweetwater County: 20.9% 5,747 (±1.9% / ±527.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)

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

2% ±2.5% (47  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rock Springs: 5.4% † 1,247 (±1.1% / ±259)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sweetwater County: 5.3% 2,183
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494

5.2% ±2.6% (90  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rock Springs: 9% † 1,542 (±1.5% / ±265)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sweetwater County: 8.8% † 2,725 (±1.2% / ±368)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
90 Total veterans ±46 85 Male ±45 5 Female ±11

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