West River, Wyoming

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Population (year 2000): 321

Males: 164	(51.1%)
Females: 157	(48.9%)

Washakie County

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

Zip codes: 82401.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $53,400 (it was $46,750 in 2000)

West River	$53,400
Wyoming:	$46,202

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $157,000 (it was $131,300 in 2000)

West River	$157,000
Wyoming:	$135,000

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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)

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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: 5.6 people per square mile

(very low).

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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:	0.7% ($931)
Wyoming:	0.6% ($627)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Billings, MT (123.0 miles , pop. 89,847).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (357.0 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (783.2 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Washakie Ten, WY (4.6 miles ), Worland, WY (5.9 miles ), Airport Road, WY (7.1 miles ), Mc Nutt, WY (8.5 miles ), South Flat, WY (11.8 miles ), Manderson, WY (12.0 miles) , Winchester, WY (19.0 miles) , Basin, WY (20.0 miles ).

Latitude: 44.10 N, Longitude: 107.98 W

West River household income distribution

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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, Wyoming average temperatures

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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 28 miles; GREYBULL, WY)
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; THERMOPOLIS, WY)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West River:

WORLAND MUNI (about 11 miles; WORLAND, WY; ID: WRL)
YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL (about 78 miles; CODY, WY; ID: COD)
RIVERTON REGIONAL (about 79 miles; RIVERTON, WY; ID: RIW)

Other public-use airports nearest to West River:

SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY (about 29 miles; GREYBULL, WY; ID: GEY)
HOT SPRINGS CO-THERMOPOLIS MUNI (about 35 miles; THERMOPOLIS, WY; ID: THP)
SHOSHONI MUNI (about 59 miles; SHOSHONI, WY; ID: 49U)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West River:

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 113 miles; BILLINGS, MT; Full-time enrollment: 3,105)
CASPER COLLEGE (about 143 miles; CASPER, WY; FT enrollment: 2,564)
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (about 223 miles; LARAMIE, WY; FT enrollment: 9,665)
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 228 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
RICKS COLLEGE (about 258 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 286 miles; SPEARFISH, SD; FT enrollment: 3,190)
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 305 miles; Fort Collins, CO; FT enrollment: 22,684)

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

Creek: North Fork Tenmile Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

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 1999:

This place:	15.2%
Whole state:	11.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	0.0%
Whole state:	4.5%

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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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

West River mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Washakie County Wyoming:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

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.)
KTHE (1240 AM; 1 kW; THERMOPOLIS, WY; Owner: CARJIM, LLC)
KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
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.)
KWYO (1410 AM; 5 kW; SHERIDAN, WY; Owner: KWYO AM, LLC)
KURL (730 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: ELENBAAS MEDIA, INC.)
KGHL (790 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)

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)

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