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Lander, WY

7,565 Population
9.4 square miles 806.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 39.4 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$38,080 ±$4,016 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $32,717 ±$1,147
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $41,006 ±$752
$71,601 ±$9,576 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $64,646 ±$2,796
  • a little less than the amount in Wyoming: $74,815 ±$1,225

9.7% ±3.1% (698  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 12.4% 4,766 (±1.2% / ±449)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,704 (±0.6% / ±3,235)

13.5 minutes ±2 (39,935  ±6,936) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 17.1 256,365 (±0.8 / ±15,316)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)

Families

3,049 ±207 Number of households
  • the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 14,810 ±258
  • Wyoming: 238,176 ±1,220
2.4 ±0.2 (7,271  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 2.6 38,524 (±0.1 / ±66)
  • about the same as the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 566,169

4.6% ±3.3% (74  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 3.9% † 320 (±1.1% / ±89)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming: 6.3% 7,992 (±0.6% / ±696)

Housing

3,306 ±215 Number of housing units
  • the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 17,471 ±83
  • Wyoming: 275,131 ±170

$321,800 ±$20,079 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: $252,700 ±$11,198
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $285,100 ±$3,775

12.2% ±3.3% (917  ±247.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 13.2% † 5,148 (±1.5% / ±570.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 15.7% 90,199 (±0.6% / ±3,518.4)

Social

96.9% ±7.8% (4,889  ±458.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 93.5% 24,806 (±3.2% / ±839.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 94.1% 372,002 (±1.1% / ±4,458.2)
42.7% ±5.1% (2,155  ±275) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 25.3% 6,698 (±1.6% / ±436.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 29.9% 118,336 (±0.7% / ±2,563.7)

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

1.2% ±0.8% (90  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 1.6% 632
  • about one-third of the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,364

7.6% ±2.8% (422  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Riverton, WY Micro Area: 8.6% 2,569 (±0.8% / ±239)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 9.2% 40,952 (±0.3% / ±1,119)
422 Total veterans ±155 393 Male ±152 29 Female ±27

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