Bar Nunn, Wyoming

Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

3,012

people, the 22nd-largest of Wyoming's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Wyoming's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.6%

of 321 jobs located in Bar Nunn are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 55% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,042

a month. Wyoming's median is $992.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $694.

A $694 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Natrona County.

• $1,023 Tract 11
• $1,717 Tract 17

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,067–$1,600

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,042 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

36% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 88 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 36% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.3% to the 1,090 homes here.

0–3

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 4% less than Wyoming's.

$297,300

median home value in Bar Nunn.

• $297,300 Bar Nunn
• $309,700 Wyoming
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year