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Washakie County

Population in July 2007: 303.
Males: 154  (51.1%)
Females: 149  (48.9%)

Median resident age:  38.5 years
Wyoming median age:  36.2 years

Zip codes: 82401.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $64,926 (it was $46,750 in 2000)
West River:  $64,926
Wyoming:  $51,731

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $27,935
West River:  $27,935
Wyoming:  $27,687

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $227,324 (it was $115,400 in 2000)
West River:  $227,324
Wyoming:  $172,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $227,066; Detached houses: $238,408; Mobile homes: $94,327

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Races in West River:

  • White Non-Hispanic (90.0%)
  • Hispanic (8.4%)
  • Other race (4.7%)
  • American Indian (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in West River: 85.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (33.6%), English (24.3%), French (11.2%), Portuguese (10.0%), Irish (6.5%), Danish (3.4%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Land area: 57.2 square miles.

Population density: 5.3 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in West River

  • High school or higher: 83.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
  • Unemployed: 3.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 13.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in West River CDP

  • Never married: 9.8%
  • Now married: 64.5%
  • Separated: 4.3%
  • Widowed: 6.8%
  • Divorced: 14.5%

5 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.6%
Wyoming:  2.3%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

West River:  0.8% ($931)
Wyoming:  0.7% ($627)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Billings, MT (120.0 miles , pop. 89,847).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (329.9 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (763.3 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Washakie Ten, WY (1.9 miles ), Worland, WY (2.4 miles ), Airport Road, WY (2.6 miles ), Mc Nutt, WY (2.9 miles ), South Flat, WY (3.4 miles ), Manderson, WY (3.5 miles) , Winchester, WY (4.2 miles) , Basin, WY (4.4 miles ).

Latitude: 44.10 N, Longitude: 107.98 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 307

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Mining (28%)
  • Food and beverage stores (14%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (29%)
  • Accommodation and food services (16%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Social assistance (8%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Extraction workers (17%)
  • Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (14%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Art and design workers (7%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (7%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (25%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (19%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (19%)
  • Secondary school teachers (14%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (7%)



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Average climate in West River, Wyoming

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West River-area historical tornado activity is near Wyoming state average. It is 79% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/24/1967, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 21.1 miles away from the West River place center caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.

On 7/10/2001, a category 2 tornado 22.0 miles away from the place center .


West River-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Wyoming state average. It is 85% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/10/1992 at 15:40:56, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 89.4 miles away from West River center
On 8/31/1992 at 01:40:14, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 50.4 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/2007 at 10:10:40, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 30.4 miles away from the city center
On 11/16/1993 at 07:26:04, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 33.1 miles away from West River center
On 4/5/2002 at 01:18:48, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 12.1 miles away from the city center
On 8/7/1991 at 12:49:16, a magnitude 3.5 (3.4 ML, 3.5 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 60.2 miles away from West River center
Magnitude types: local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near West River:
  • WASHAKIE MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; WORLAND, WY)
  • SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY HOSPITAL-CAH (about 29 miles; GREYBULL, WY)
  • HOT SPRINGS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; THERMOPOLIS, WY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West River:
  • MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 112 miles; BILLINGS, MT; Full-time enrollment: 3,105)
  • CASPER COLLEGE (about 119 miles; CASPER, WY; FT enrollment: 2,564)
  • MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 179 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
  • RICKS COLLEGE (about 187 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (about 199 miles; LARAMIE, WY; FT enrollment: 9,665)
  • BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 206 miles; SPEARFISH, SD; FT enrollment: 3,190)
  • SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY (about 237 miles; RAPID CITY, SD; FT enrollment: 2,002)

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Reservoirs: Leithead Reservoir (A), Sand Butte Reservoir (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

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Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
Wyoming:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  85.8%
Whole state:  67.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  2.7%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.9% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  15.2%
Whole state:  11.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  0.0%
Whole state:  4.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West River, WY



West River compared to Wyoming state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Washakie County Wyoming:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (56%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
  • Electricity (12%)
  • Wood (9%)
  • Coal or coke (5%)


Religion statistics for West River

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsUnited Methodist ChurchSouthern Baptist ConventionAssemblies of God
Adherents25.2%19.0%11.4%10.6%6.9%
Congregations4.5%13.6%9.1%9.1%13.6%
NameEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaLutheran ChurchEpiscopal ChurchChurches of ChristOther religions
Adherents6.8%5.4%3.5%3.3%7.9%
Congregations4.5%4.5%4.5%4.5%31.8%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


5.88% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,251 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.88%
Wyoming average:  9.04%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Park County, WY  0.36% ($18,000 average AGI)


7.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,755 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.52%
Wyoming average:  8.50%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Natrona County, WY  0.68% ($31,857 average AGI)
to Park County, WY  0.52% ($39,688)
to Yellowstone County, MT  0.42% ($19,462)


Strongest AM radio stations in West River:
  • KWOR (1340 AM; 1 kW; WORLAND, WY; Owner: KWOR, INCORPORATED)
  • KZMQ (1140 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GREYBULL, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING LLC)
  • KTWO (1030 AM; 50 kW; CASPER, WY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KUYO (830 AM; daytime; 25 kW; EVANSVILLE, WY; Owner: WYOMING CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KPOW (1260 AM; 5 kW; POWELL, WY; Owner: CHAPARRAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KROE (930 AM; 5 kW; SHERIDAN, WY; Owner: LOVCOM, INC.)
  • KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KWYO (1410 AM; 5 kW; SHERIDAN, WY; Owner: KWYO AM, LLC)
  • KTHE (1240 AM; 1 kW; THERMOPOLIS, WY; Owner: CARJIM, LLC)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KBHB (810 AM; 25 kW; STURGIS, SD; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)

Strongest FM radio stations in West River:
  • K273AD (102.5 FM; WORLAND, WY; Owner: WESTERN INSPIRATIONAL B/CASTING, INC)
  • KKLX (96.1 FM; WORLAND, WY; Owner: KWOR, INCORPORATED)
  • K244CK (96.7 FM; COWLEY, ETC., WY; Owner: CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC.)
  • KZMQ-FM (100.3 FM; GREYBULL, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING LLC)
  • KWYW (99.1 FM; LOST CABIN, WY; Owner: JIMMY RAY CARROLL)
  • KDNO (101.7 FM; THERMOPOLIS, WY; Owner: CARJIM, LLC)
  • KWRR (89.5 FM; ETHETE, WY; Owner: BUSINESS COUNCIL OF THE NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBE)
  • KZZS (98.3 FM; STORY, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING, L.L.C.)
  • KUWP (90.1 FM; POWELL, WY; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING)
  • K203BI (88.5 FM; WORLAND, WY; Owner: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS)

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