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SheetWY-GILLETTE-WY · Gillette, WY 33,278 pop · income 71st pct · 10 tracts
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 Gillette
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Gillette on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Chester · lowest
39,809
Chester · lowest
39,809 median HH income
30.8% of the leader · rank #1
Virginia Beach · near
90,685
Virginia Beach · near
90,685 median HH income
70.2% of the leader · rank #2
Gillette · this city
90,699
Gillette · this city
90,699 median HH income
70.2% of the leader · rank #3
New Munich · near
90,714
New Munich · near
90,714 median HH income
70.3% of the leader · rank #4
Slabtown · near
90,714
Slabtown · near
90,714 median HH income
70.3% of the leader · rank #5
South Laurel · near
90,715
South Laurel · near
90,715 median HH income
70.3% of the leader · rank #6
Huntington St… · highest
129,121
Huntington St… · highest
129,121 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Gillette on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 33,278.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Gillette - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Gillette lands in the 71st percentile for household income and the 39th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
71st
percentile, household income
57th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
39th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Gillette, WY
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 33,278 residents in Gillette, a small city within Wyoming. Households in Gillette report a median income of $90,699 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.3%. Gillette's housing stock carries a median value of $257,200, and the median resident age is 33.4 years. About 23.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 69.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 31 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 29% from five years earlier. Gillette reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1716.3 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 46.8°F with 17.6 inches of precipitation per year and 55.7 inches of snowfall.
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. Commute times here average 19.7 minutes, with 80.9% driving alone and 3.5% working from home, per Census ACS commuting 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 Gillette'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 housing and income to population change to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to schools and households to within-city variation to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Gillette, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Gillette?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Gillette growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +529 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 31 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Gillette?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Wyoming, the closest population matches are Laramie (31,848 residents, $52,414 income); Rock Springs (23,229 residents, $73,307 income); Sheridan (19,035 residents, $61,598 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Huntington Station, NY (33,283 residents); Chester, PA (33,209 residents); Petersburg, VA (33,365 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.
PlainCities matches 10 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Gillette?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.7 minutes.
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.
Drive alone
80.9%
Work from home
3.5%
Public transit
0.8%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 16,559 workers age 16+.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 46.8°F, with 17.6 inches of precipitation and 55.7 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Wyoming is 37.9 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
37.9
Annual precipitation
17.6 in
Mean temperature
46.8°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 20 public schools within the city match. 23.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
7.3%
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%
Matched public schools
20
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Gillette?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1716.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 25% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1716.3
Violent rate
197.0
Property rate
1519.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 7.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.7 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Wyoming average
C
City profile score · Gillette, WY
59/100
5 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.
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.
Household income B
$90,699
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime D
197 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Gillette profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.7 index
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $90,699
Poverty rate: 51/100 (C-) · 7.3%
Violent crime: 48/100 (D) · 197 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 43/100 (D) · 23.1%
Where Gillette sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Gillette's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Gillette highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Gillette, WY (this city): home $257,200, crime 1,716/100k
Chester, PA : home $85,400, crime 2,819/100k
Petersburg, VA : home $157,900, crime 3,933/100k
Helena, MT : home $355,100, crime 3,096/100k
Laramie, WY : home $302,200, crime 1,293/100k
Rock Springs, WY : home $245,600, crime 1,405/100k
Sheridan, WY : home $295,300, crime 1,126/100k
Evanston, WY : home $236,400, crime 2,022/100k
Green River, WY : home $255,600, crime 851/100k
Riverton, WY : home $204,900, crime 4,689/100k
How does Gillette compare to other US cities?
Gillette measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income71% higher than other cities
Home value57% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety39% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Wyoming and the picture shifts: Gillette ranks #20 of 24 Wyoming cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Gillette 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 Gillette near the bottom of Wyoming's cities
Among the 150 Wyoming cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Gillette ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Gillette only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#39 of 135
71st percentile in Wyoming
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 150
0th percentile in Wyoming
Median Home Value
#52 of 128
59th percentile in Wyoming
Poverty Rate
#59 of 149
60th percentile in Wyoming
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#64 of 150
56th 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.
Gauge source note
71st percentile nationally for median household income · 39th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Gillette's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Gillette's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Gillette's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$257,20043rd percentilemore affordable than 43% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Gillette's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,776 of 15,516
More affordable than 63% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#685 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.8×, Gillette sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,776 of 15,516 and #685 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$90,699Gillette, WY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Gillette, 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 Gillette, WY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
33,278
Median Income
$90,699
Median Home Value
$257,200
Median Age
33.4
Poverty Rate
7.3%
Labor force participation
69.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1716.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
197.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1519.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
46.8°F
Annual Precipitation
17.6"
Annual Snowfall
55.7"
Schools
Total Schools
20
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Gillette's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
33,495 residents
2021
33,019 residents
2022
33,300 residents
2023
33,589 residents
2024
33,975 residents
2025
34,024 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
31
housing units authorized
Single-Family
31
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
24
20
4
$6.5M
2020
29
27
2
$8.7M
2021
37
37
0
$13.5M
2022
30
30
0
$11.7M
2023
35
35
0
$13.2M
2024
31
31
0
$11.7M
Permit volume increased 29% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.7 minutes
Drive Alone
80.9%
Carpool
11.3%
Public Transit
0.8%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
3.5%
Other
1.9%
Based on 16,559 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 Gillette. 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 Gillette 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 Gillette sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Gillette 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, 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.