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Purple Sage, WY

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

676
Residents
$54,527
Median income
under $10,000
Median home
$1,044
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet WY-PURPLE-SAGE-WY · Purple Sage, WY 676 pop · income 27th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 676
  • INC-MID $54,527
  • COL-BELOW 92.7
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-LOWER 27th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Highlands
  • HOME-LOW $9,999
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Highlands, TX ( $3 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 Purple Sage

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

median HH income

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.

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 Purple Sage 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: 676.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $54,527. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Purple Sage - the verdict

Nationally, Purple Sage sits in the 27th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

27th
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, home value
18th
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📝 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: Purple Sage, WY

Purple Sage is a small town in Wyoming, home to 676 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $54,527 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 15.6%. ACS bottom-codes the lowest median home values as less than $10,000, so Purple Sage is published at that floor (under $10,000) rather than as an exact figure, and the median resident age is 33.9 years. About 0.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 71.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Living costs in Wyoming run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Wyoming at 92.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,044 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Wyoming run around $180, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Purple Sage report an average commute of 16.1 minutes, with 72.7% driving alone and 0.0% working from home. 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 Purple Sage'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

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

1. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Purple Sage?

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 72.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.1 minutes.

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Question 2

Which cities make useful reference points for Purple Sage?

Within Wyoming, the closest population matches are Diamondville (676 residents, $63,889 income); Meeteetse (661 residents, $40,294 income); Alta (656 residents, $166,667 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chaires, FL (676 residents); Shiloh, GA (676 residents); East Galesburg, IL (676 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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Question 3

How far does income reach against housing in Purple Sage?

The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 0.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 15.6%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.

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Population

676 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$54,527 /yr

Below median income · poverty 15.6% (High poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

92.7 (US=100)

Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Wyoming average

Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000). Home value is shown as under $10,000 for the same reason.

City profile score · Purple Sage, WY

32/100

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.

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 F
$54,527

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

Poverty rate F
15.6%

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

Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%

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

Violent crime N/A
N/A

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

Purple Sage profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Household income, Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share. Cost of livingHousehold incomePoverty rateBachelor's+ share 32 F
Purple Sage profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.7 index
  • Household income: 27/100 (F) · $54,527
  • Poverty rate: 21/100 (F) · 15.6%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%

How does Purple Sage compare to other US cities?

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

Household income 27% higher than other cities
Home value 0% 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 Purple Sage 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 Purple Sage near the bottom of Wyoming's cities

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

Median Household Income
#110 of 135
19th percentile in Wyoming
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 150
0th percentile in Wyoming
Median Home Value
#128 of 128
0th percentile in Wyoming
Poverty Rate
#20 of 149
86th percentile in Wyoming
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#142 of 150
0th 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.

27thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

27th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Purple Sage's home value compares nationally

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

under $10,000 Among the most affordable more affordable than 100% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). This entry sits in this band. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Above this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $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. Purple Sage $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

Purple Sage's home-value-to-income ratio: 0.2×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2 of 15,516
More affordable than 100% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 0.2×, Purple Sage sits in the affordable band: national rank #2 of 15,516 and #2 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). 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

$54,527 Purple Sage, WY median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Purple Sage, WY Purple Sage, WY's median household income ($54,527) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Purple Sage, WY-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Purple Sage, WY median $54,527/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%
Purple Sage, 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 Purple Sage, WY.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 0.0%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 15.6%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 71.9%

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

Population
676
Median Income
$54,527
Median Home Value
under $10,000
Median Age
33.9
Poverty Rate
15.6%
Labor force participation
71.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
16.1 minutes
Drive Alone
72.7%
Carpool
27.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%

Based on 429 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 Purple Sage. 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 Purple Sage 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 Purple Sage sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Purple Sage 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
Purple Sage (this city) 676 $54,527
Diamondville 676 $63,889
Meeteetse 661 $40,294
Alta 656 $166,667
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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