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Wright, WY

1,400 Population
3 square miles 460.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±13.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 35.8 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$36,114 ±$10,151 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: $40,983 ±$1,712
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $41,006 ±$752
$86,115 ±$18,071 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: $95,253 ±$6,736
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $74,815 ±$1,225

26.4% ±19.6% (370  ±295) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 9.1% † 4,210 (±2.1% / ±976)
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,704 (±0.6% / ±3,235)

16.7 minutes ±4.1 (10,715  ±4,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 21.7 487,300 (±1.8 / ±43,700)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)

Families

593 ±146 Number of households
  • the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 17,879 ±393
  • Wyoming: 238,176 ±1,220
2.4 ±0.4 (1,400  ±406) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 2.6 46,482 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 566,169

7.5% ±6.5% (29  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 9.3% † 1,005 (±2.7% / ±286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 6.3% 7,992 (±0.6% / ±696)

Housing

801 ±160 Number of housing units
  • the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 19,952 ±35
  • Wyoming: 275,131 ±170

$218,500 ±$16,245 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: $266,400 ±$6,999
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $285,100 ±$3,775

13.4% ±8.5% (184  ±128.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 14% † 6,506 (±2.5% / ±1,171.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 15.7% 90,199 (±0.6% / ±3,518.4)

Social

80% ±31% (830  ±195.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 91.9% 28,296 (±4.8% / ±1,502.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 94.1% 372,002 (±1.1% / ±4,458.2)
8.5% ±6.2% (88  ±70) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 22.2% † 6,841 (±2.5% / ±765.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wyoming: 29.9% 118,336 (±0.7% / ±2,563.7)

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

16.5% ±19.9% (231  ±287) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 3.7% 1,729
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,364

13.6% ±5.9% (147  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gillette, WY Micro Area: 7.8% † 2,651 (±1.5% / ±496)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wyoming: 9.2% 40,952 (±0.3% / ±1,119)
147 Total veterans ±78 147 Male ±78 N/A Female ±13

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