Teton Range from Willow Flats, WyomingPhoto: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Downtown in Laramie County, WyomingPhoto: kevin dooley, CC BY, via Flickr
Courthouse in Natrona County, WyomingPhoto: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

Cost of living in Wyoming

Rent, income, home value and property tax for Wyoming, home to 582K people, then the same for each of its 23 counties. Every figure is the published one, with its source named.

Median rent: $992; Census ACS, B25064, monthly
Median household income: $76,176; Census ACS, B19013, yearly
Median home value: $309,700; Census ACS, B25077
Median property tax bill: $1,767; Census ACS, B25103, yearly, current owners
Mean commute: 19 min; Census ACS, DP03, one way
Unemployment: 3.7%; Census ACS, DP03

Wyoming's own published state rows, never an average of its counties. Prices overall run 7% below the national average (BEA regional price parity, 2024).

Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates, checked November 2026.

The three most populous counties in Wyoming

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Laramie County
Population
101K
Rent
$1,160
Household income
$80,173
Prop. tax (yearly)
$1,980
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Natrona County
Population
80K
Rent
$1,016
Household income
$72,156
Prop. tax (yearly)
$1,645
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Campbell County
Population
47.2K
Rent
$1,009
Household income
$89,869
Prop. tax (yearly)
$1,599
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Wyoming, worth the trip

Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state. Cheyenne was founded in 1867, when squatters arrived ahead of the Union Pacific Railroad, and has been the capital since 1869. Wyoming was the first state to approve a constitution that granted women the right to vote.

Yellowstone National Park
The first national park, set aside on March 1, 1872, for its hot springs, geysers and other hydrothermal features.
Grand Teton National Park
The Teton Range above lakes, wildlife and the valley known as Jackson Hole.
Devils Tower National Monument
A rock tower that rises out of the prairie around the Black Hills, sacred to Northern Plains Indians.

History: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each place links to the page of the agency that looks after it.

Property tax in Wyoming

Current owners in Wyoming pay a median 0.57% of home value a year in property tax. Example: $1,767 a year, the median bill. By county, the median bill runs from $1,198 in Big Horn County to $7,267 in Teton County. These are bills that current owners pay, as the Census measures them. Each county's own figure is in the table below.

Wyoming works differently from most states. A 2024 law exempts any rise above 4% a year in a home's assessed value. The law lists cases where the exemption does not apply, and we could not confirm from a state source whether a buyer keeps the seller's capped value. The county assessor can say for an address. Source: Wyoming Legislature, 2024 House Bill 45 summary.

Health in Wyoming

Life expectancy: 76.4 yrs; County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS vital statistics
No health insurance: 14.1%; County Health Rankings, from Census SAHIE, people under 65
Poor or fair health: 13.3%; County Health Rankings, from CDC BRFSS. Modeled, not counted
Injury deaths per 100K people: 100; County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS, counted deaths

Each is the figure County Health Rankings publishes for Wyoming as a whole, never an average of its counties. Each county's own health readings are on its page.

Natural hazards in Wyoming

Expected yearly loss, statewide: $329M; All natural hazards, an average year. Larger states lose more
Building loss rate: $1.52; Per $1,000 of building value, each year. Fair to compare between states
Costliest hazard: Inland flooding; $147M of the expected yearly loss, the largest share of any hazard FEMA assesses
Air quality: —; The EPA publishes air quality by county and metro area, never by state. It is on each county's page

FEMA publishes a risk score for counties and none for states, so none is shown here. Each county's score is on its own page.

New homes permitted in Wyoming

Permitted in 2025

2,238homes

Per 1,000 residents

3.8

Single-family · larger buildings

1,732 · 506

2,1282020
2,7062021
3,0052022
1,6812023
2,1352024
2,2382025

Wyoming approved permits for 2,238 new homes in 2025. That is about 3.8 homes for every 1,000 people. 1,732 were single-family houses, and 506 were in buildings with two or more homes. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly count stayed between 1,681 and 3,005.

23rd of the 50 states and DC by homes permitted per 1,000 residents in 2025.

A permit lets a home be built. It does not mean the home is finished. Some offices did not report, so part of this figure is a Census estimate. The offices that did report account for 1,954. Source: US Census Building Permits Survey, annual 2025 data.

Side by side

Laramie County, WY is the largest county here. Set it beside another place, reading by reading.

The largest counties in Wyoming

By population, from the Census release named below. Each opens its own page.

All 23 counties in Wyoming

Each has its published readings on its own page. Press a column to sort by it. Pick one, or open the map to see them shaded side by side.


Albany County	$931	$61,917	$333,000	$1,925	38.2K	108
Big Horn County	$823	$62,101	$216,500	$1,198	11.8K	21
Campbell County	$1,009	$89,869	$279,100	$1,599	47.2K	21
Carbon County	$842	$70,511	$222,700	$1,279	14.5K	30
Converse County	$866	$81,558	$292,700	$1,630	13.8K	10
Crook County	$852	$79,637	$285,800	$1,610	7,455	17
Fremont County	$898	$64,904	$268,800	$1,671	39.5K	21
Goshen County	$778	$58,929	$239,600	$1,419	12.6K	2
Hot Springs County	$887	$61,250	$227,500	$1,236	4,620	none
Johnson County	$1,029	$64,871	$326,800	$1,816	8,686	15
Laramie County	$1,160	$80,173	$348,700	$1,980	101K	556
Lincoln County	$960	$89,330	$372,600	$1,664	20.5K	241
Natrona County	$1,016	$72,156	$273,000	$1,645	80K	199
Niobrara County	$605	$64,113	$221,500	—	2,368	none
Park County	$925	$73,035	$400,500	$2,262	30.4K	181
Platte County	—	$67,718	$297,900	$1,549	8,612	34
Sheridan County	$939	$71,388	$394,900	$2,177	32.1K	423
Sublette County	$1,209	$83,597	$376,200	$1,665	8,838	103
Sweetwater County	$911	$75,034	$251,400	$1,542	41.5K	35
Teton County	$1,904	$124,172	$1,633,900	$7,267	23.4K	157
Uinta County	$900	$82,980	$290,000	$1,565	20.6K	59
Washakie County	$720	$65,714	$206,000	$1,392	7,703	4
Weston County	$698	$89,509	$221,700	$1,510	6,826	1

Household income, home value and population are on each county's own page, and in this table on a wider screen.

Where these numbers come from

Each reading is the published figure, not an estimate. A dash means the source did not publish one, or published one too uncertain to print.

State figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 20245-year estimates, the state's own row (tables B25064, B19013, B25077, B25103, B01003, DP03).
County figures: the same survey, each county's own row, as on every county page.
Price level: Bureau of Economic Analysis, regional price parities, 2024, all items, state-level.
Health: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the state's own row. Poor or fair health is a modeled estimate from CDC survey data. The other three are counted or calculated.
Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, state table, expected annual loss. This product uses FEMA data but is not endorsed by FEMA.
Air quality has no state figure: the EPA publishes it by county and metro area only.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons and the county photo feed, each credited to its photographer under its own licence, beneath the picture.

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Wyoming at a glance

The three most populous counties in Wyoming

Laramie County

Natrona County

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