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Powder Horn, WY

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

818
Residents
$138,693
Median income
$818,800
Median home
$1,044
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet WY-POWDER-HORN-WY · Powder Horn, WY 818 pop · income 92nd pct

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

  • POP-VILLAGE 818
  • INC-TOP $138,693
  • COL-BELOW 92.7
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-TOP 92nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Volcano Golf Co…
  • HOME-TOP $818,800
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Volcano Golf Course, HI (+ $33 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 Powder Horn

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Powder Horn 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 Powder Horn 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: 818.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $138,693. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Powder Horn - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Powder Horn lands in the 92nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

92nd
percentile, household income
95th
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: Powder Horn, WY

Wyoming's Powder Horn is a small town, with 818 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Powder Horn report a median income of $138,693 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Powder Horn's housing stock carries a median value of $818,800, and the median resident age is 49.7 years. About 40.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Living costs in Wyoming run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Wyoming scores 92.7 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,044 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $180 across Wyoming, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 37.9 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Powder Horn'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

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

Question 1

Which cities make useful reference points for Powder Horn?

Within Wyoming, the closest population matches are Dubois (818 residents, $39,960 income); Guernsey (815 residents, $56,417 income); Bear River (835 residents, $118,185 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Magnet Cove, AR (818 residents); St. Lucie, FL (818 residents); Drayton, ND (818 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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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Powder Horn?

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 74.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 3

How far does income reach against housing in Powder Horn?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, 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.

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Population

818 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$138,693 /yr

Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

92.7 (US=100)

Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Wyoming average

City profile score · Powder Horn, WY

87/100

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.

Poverty rate A+
0.0%

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

Household income A+
$138,693

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

Bachelor's+ share B+
40.9%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

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

Powder Horn profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Household income, Bachelor's+ share, Cost of living. Poverty rateHousehold incomeBachelor's+ shareCost of living 87 A
Powder Horn profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
  • Household income: 93/100 (A+) · $138,693
  • Bachelor's+ share: 76/100 (B+) · 40.9%
  • Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.7 index

How does Powder Horn compare to other US cities?

Where Powder Horn sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 92% higher than other cities
Home value 95% 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 Powder Horn 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 Powder Horn near the bottom of Wyoming's cities

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

Median Household Income
#10 of 135
93rd percentile in Wyoming
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 150
0th percentile in Wyoming
Median Home Value
#9 of 128
93rd percentile in Wyoming
Poverty Rate
#107 of 149
0th percentile in Wyoming
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#22 of 150
85th 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.

92ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

92nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Powder Horn's home value compares nationally

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

$818,800 5th percentile more affordable than 5% 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%). Below this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Powder Horn $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

Powder Horn's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.9×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,029 of 15,516
More affordable than 10% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,424 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 5.9×, Powder Horn sits in the pressured band: national rank #14,029 of 15,516 and #10,424 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

$138,693 Powder Horn, WY median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Powder Horn, WY Powder Horn, WY's median household income ($138,693) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Powder Horn, WY-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Powder Horn, WY median $138,693/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%
Powder Horn, 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 Powder Horn, WY.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 40.9%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 0.0%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 52.1%

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

Population
818
Median Income
$138,693
Median Home Value
$818,800
Median Age
49.7
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
52.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
40.9%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
74.4%
Carpool
21.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.7%
Work from Home
0.0%

Based on 375 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 Powder Horn. 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 Powder Horn 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 Powder Horn sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Powder Horn 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
Powder Horn (this city) 818 $138,693
Dubois 818 $39,960
Guernsey 815 $56,417
Bear River 835 $118,185
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, 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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