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Purple Sage, WY

489 Population
0.3 square miles 1,427.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±26.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 37.9 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,444 ±$11,106 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: $41,511 ±$2,907
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,432 ±$41,166 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: $75,034 ±$3,808
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.3% ±24.8% (99  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 12.9% † 5,271 (±2.3% / ±923)
  • nearly double the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±5.1 (5,300  ±3,880) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 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)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

244 ±147 Number of households
  • the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 17,502 ±351
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±1.7 (489  ±284) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 2.3 41,003 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

34.4% ±32.1% (33  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 6.4% † 633 (±2.5% / ±245)
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

244 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 19,289 ±56
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

16.6% ±16.8% (81  ±94.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 16.3% † 6,682 (±2.6% / ±1,065.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±70.1% (355  ±204.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 92.8% 25,514 (±3.8% / ±1,063.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

26.4% ±18.9% (129  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Rock Springs, WY Micro Area: 5.3% 2,183
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

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

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