| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 307 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:25 PM |
| Population: | 8,725 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 56031 |
| Land Area: | 2,812 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 29 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 42.1731, -104.8826 |
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8,725 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 2,812 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,919 to 8,725 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.2% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 82215 (Hartville, $137,589 median) and poorest ZIP 82201 (Wheatland, $64,982) are 31.2 miles apart — a 2.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.6× across this county — from $228,400 in 82210 (Chugwater) to $354,200 in 82213 (Glendo).
Density varies 11× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 82210 (Chugwater) to 9 in 82214 (Guernsey).
Educational attainment ranges from 17.6% bachelor's+ in 82210 (Chugwater) to 24.2% in 82215 (Hartville) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Wyoming, this is the #18 most populous of 28 counties and ranks #13 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,066 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
21.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,430 of 6,692 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.