Superior, Wyoming

Population

Down 3.7% since 2020.

180

people, the 80th-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.

96.0%

of 25 jobs located in Superior are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is $315 a month.

$315

a month. Wyoming's median is $992.

Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014 (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 $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

Room to build

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

$707–$1,061

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $315 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 0 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 75% 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

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

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 73% less than Wyoming's.

$83,800

median home value in Superior.

• $83,800 Superior
• $309,700 Wyoming
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year