Rock Springs, Wyoming
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 2.4% since 2020.
22,936
people, the 5th-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
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The workday
4 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
44.3%
of 11,674 jobs located in Rock Springs are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 23% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$928
a month. Wyoming's median is $992.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $427.
A $427 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Sweetwater County.
- $832 Tract 9709.03
- $1,259 Tract 9705
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$979–$1,469
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $928 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
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Building
73% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 326 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 73% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–1.1% to the 10,678 homes here.
26–117
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
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Home value
A median home costs 17% less than Wyoming's.
$256,200
median home value in Rock Springs.
- $256,200 Rock Springs
- $309,700 Wyoming
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year