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Alpine, WY

Alpine's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

978
Residents
$100,625
Median income
$511,000
Median home
$1,044
Median rent (state)
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Sheet WY-ALPINE-WY · Alpine, WY 978 pop · income 78th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-HIGH · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 978
  • INC-HIGH $100,625
  • COL-BELOW 92.7
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UPPER 78th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grand Lake
  • HOME-HIGH $511,000
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Grand Lake, CO (+ $0 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Alpine

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Alpine on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Alpine on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 978.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $100,625. Population peers are excluded.

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Alpine - the verdict

Nationally, Alpine sits in the 78th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

78th
percentile, household income
85th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Alpine, WY

Census ACS 2023 estimates count 978 residents in Alpine, a small town within Wyoming. Alpine households earn a median of $100,625 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 18.1%. Typical homes in Alpine are valued around $511,000, and the median resident age is 33.6 years. 35.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 82.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

In 2024, 19 residential building permits were authorized in Alpine (Building Boom), up 375% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.

Living costs in Wyoming run below the national norm: the state registers 92.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,044 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Wyoming run around $180, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 37.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Alpine's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Alpine, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Population change

Is Alpine growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.

Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +153 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 19 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

See the national growth ranking →

Question 2

How far does income reach against housing in Alpine?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 18.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

Compare the housing trade-off →

Question 3

Which cities make useful reference points for Alpine?

Within Wyoming, the closest population matches are Sundance (974 residents, $60,208 income); Dayton (957 residents, $78,750 income); Teton (999 residents, $99,315 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cascade, ID (978 residents); Taylorsville, IN (978 residents); Plantation, KY (978 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

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4. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Alpine?

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 57.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Population

978 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$100,625 /yr

High income · poverty 18.1% (High poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

92.7 (US=100)

Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Wyoming average

City profile score · Alpine, WY

60/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Household income B+
$100,625

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Cost of living B+
92.7 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Bachelor's+ share B-
35.5%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate F
18.1%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Alpine profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Household income, Cost of living, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate. Household incomeCost of livingBachelor's+ sharePoverty rate 60 C+
Alpine profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Household income: 77/100 (B+) · $100,625
  • Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.7 index
  • Bachelor's+ share: 67/100 (B-) · 35.5%
  • Poverty rate: 17/100 (F) · 18.1%

How does Alpine compare to other US cities?

Alpine measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 78% higher than other cities
Home value 85% pricier than other cities
Median rent 18% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Alpine against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wyoming only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Wyoming-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Alpine near the bottom of Wyoming's cities

Among the 150 Wyoming cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Alpine ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Alpine only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#32 of 135
76th percentile in Wyoming
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 150
0th percentile in Wyoming
Median Home Value
#13 of 128
90th percentile in Wyoming
Poverty Rate
#14 of 149
91st percentile in Wyoming
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#30 of 150
80th percentile in Wyoming
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wyoming only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

78thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

78th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Alpine's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$511,000 15th percentile more affordable than 15% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). This entry sits in this band. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Alpine $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Alpine's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,036 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,843 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 5.1×, Alpine sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,036 of 15,516 and #9,843 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$100,625 Alpine, WY median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Alpine, WY Alpine, WY's median household income ($100,625) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Alpine, WY-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Alpine, WY median $100,625/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Alpine, WY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Alpine, WY.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 35.5%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 18.1%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 82.1%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
978
Median Income
$100,625
Median Home Value
$511,000
Median Age
33.6
Poverty Rate
18.1%
Labor force participation
82.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.5%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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1,200 residents1,250 residents1,300 residents1,350 residents1,400 residents 202020212022202320242025 1,229 residents 1,382 residents ▲ +12.4%
Alpine's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 1,229 residents
2021 1,267 residents
2022 1,312 residents
2023 1,336 residents
2024 1,359 residents
2025 1,382 residents

Housing Supply

BPS source

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
19
housing units authorized
Single-Family
11
detached homes
Multifamily
8
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
19.4
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 4
2020 14
2021 24
2022 24
2023 20
2024 19

Permit volume increased 375% from 2019 to 2024.

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
57.6%
Carpool
25.9%
Public Transit
2.4%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
12.9%

Based on 621 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Wyoming statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $180

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wyoming at $180 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $40 ).

These are Wyoming statewide averages, not a meter reading for Alpine. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Wyoming's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.7 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Alpine is $1,044/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wyoming statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 37.9 / 100 (Very Low).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Wyoming statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Alpine sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Alpine compares to similar-size Wyoming cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Alpine (this city) 978 $100,625
Sundance 974 $60,208
Dayton 957 $78,750
Teton 999 $99,315
Census BPS 2024
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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Citation & verification links Data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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