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Casper, WY

58,839 Population
26.8 square miles 2,199.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$42,613 ±$2,773 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Casper, WY Metro Area: $42,188 ±$1,903
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
$70,218 ±$2,487 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Casper, WY Metro Area: $72,156 ±$2,040
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168

10.8% ±1.9% (6,242  ±1,085) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 9.6% † 7,558 (±1.4% / ±1,104)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)

17 minutes ±1.3 (446,380  ±37,564) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 19 679,990 (±1.1 / ±43,618)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)

Families

25,565 ±469 Number of households
  • the Casper, WY Metro Area: 33,886 ±511
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
2.3 ±0 (57,820  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 2.3 78,637 (±0 / ±70)
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741

6.8% ±2.1% (919  ±290) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 6.1% † 1,083 (±1.6% / ±285)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)

Housing

27,746 ±359 Number of housing units
  • the Casper, WY Metro Area: 37,309 ±86
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187

$260,400 ±$10,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Casper, WY Metro Area: $273,000 ±$7,967
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824

14.5% ±1.8% (8,437  ±1,047.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 13.1% † 10,362 (±1.4% / ±1,067.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)

Social

94.1% ±3.7% (37,419  ±1,530.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 93.5% 51,302 (±3.1% / ±1,703)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
30.5% ±1.9% (12,120  ±775.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 27.7% 15,176 (±1.6% / ±873.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)

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

2.1% ±0.5% (1,240  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 2.3% 1,849
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494

7.9% ±0.9% (3,515  ±384) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 8.4% 5,111 (±0.8% / ±485)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
3,515 Total veterans ±384 3,198 Male ±358 317 Female ±144

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