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Casper, WY

58,547 Population
26.8 square miles 2,188.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$37,057 ±$1,866 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Casper, WY Metro Area: $36,804 ±$1,409
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming: $36,288 ±$531
$61,657 ±$2,236 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Casper, WY Metro Area: $64,100 ±$2,505
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $68,002 ±$1,091

10.9% ±1.6% (6,248  ±899) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 9.9% † 7,673 (±1.3% / ±989)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,482 (±0.5% / ±2,645)

16.7 minutes ±1.1 (472,795  ±34,817) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 18 673,195 (±1 / ±41,576)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.1 4,746,280 (±0.4 / ±106,279)

Families

25,000 ±498 Number of households
  • the Casper, WY Metro Area: 32,634 ±557
  • Wyoming: 230,653 ±1,540
2.3 ±0.1 (57,520  ±243) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 2.4 77,927 (±0 / ±252)
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 563,599 (±0)

6.1% ±2% (822  ±277) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 6.6% † 1,176 (±1.5% / ±273)
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,909 (±0.5% / ±634)

Housing

27,697 ±409 Number of housing units
  • the Casper, WY Metro Area: 36,755 ±111
  • Wyoming: 271,818 ±209

$215,400 ±$6,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Casper, WY Metro Area: $218,700 ±$6,167
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $237,900 ±$2,915

14.1% ±1.9% (8,158  ±1,102.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 12.7% † 9,989 (±1.5% / ±1,158.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 16.2% 92,262 (±0.6% / ±3,313.4)

Social

94.7% ±3.6% (37,456  ±1,490.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 94% 50,857 (±3.1% / ±1,694.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 93.7% 365,729 (±1.1% / ±4,148.2)
27.4% ±1.8% (10,843  ±722.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 24.9% 13,492 (±1.4% / ±770.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 28.5% 111,283 (±0.6% / ±2,342.2)

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

1.8% ±0.5% (1,071  ±296) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 2% † 1,608 (±0.5% / ±354)
  • about half the rate in Wyoming: 3.4% 19,660 (±0.2% / ±1,303)

8.9% ±1.1% (3,924  ±465) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Casper, WY Metro Area: 9.1% † 5,449 (±1% / ±586)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 9.9% 43,326 (±0.3% / ±1,347)
3,924 Total veterans ±465 3,696 Male ±446 228 Female ±129

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