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Purple Sage, WY

676 Population
0.3 square miles 2,054.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±29 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 37.4 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$24,233 ±$8,703 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: $40,988 ±$3,232
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wyoming: $41,006 ±$752
$54,527 ±$14,411 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: $76,464 ±$6,349
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $74,815 ±$1,225

15.4% ±19.5% (104  ±140) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 13.4% † 5,537 (±2.5% / ±1,011)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,704 (±0.6% / ±3,235)

16.1 minutes ±5.9 (6,895  ±4,278) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 21 410,740 (±1.6 / ±33,297)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)

Families

295 ±135 Number of households
  • the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 16,863 ±361
  • Wyoming: 238,176 ±1,220
2.3 ±1.5 (676  ±308) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 2.5 41,255 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 566,169

12% ±24.8% (15  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 5.6% † 545 (±1.6% / ±157)
  • nearly double the rate in Wyoming: 6.3% 7,992 (±0.6% / ±696)

Housing

295 ±135 Number of housing units
  • the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 19,226 ±33
  • Wyoming: 275,131 ±170

$9,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: $242,900 ±$9,590
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $285,100 ±$3,775

12.1% ±14% (82  ±101.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 17.5% † 7,218 (±2.4% / ±987.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming: 15.7% 90,199 (±0.6% / ±3,518.4)

Social

75.6% ±21.1% (442  ±225.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 92.5% 25,608 (±4% / ±1,121.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 94.1% 372,002 (±1.1% / ±4,458.2)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

17.8% ±18.1% (120  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 5.6% 2,323
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,364

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±13 N/A Male ±13 N/A Female ±13

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