Anamosa vs Wyoming

A side-by-side comparison of Anamosa and Wyoming: population, income, housing, and more.

Anamosa and Wyoming are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anamosa has the higher population (5,553 vs 529 in Wyoming). Wyoming has the higher median household income ($67,125 vs $56,167 in Anamosa). Anamosa has the higher median home value ($164,900 vs $104,300 in Wyoming).

Population, income & housing

	Anamosa	Wyoming
Population	5,553	529
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,167	$67,125
Median home value	$164,900	$104,300
Median gross rent	$897	$812
Housing units	2,105	298
Homeownership rate	72.2%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anamosa	Wyoming
Population	5,476 → 5,553 (+1.4%)	445 → 529 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$41,603 → $56,167 (+35.0%)	$49,545 → $67,125 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $164,900 (+59.5%)	$68,100 → $104,300 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $897 (+50.0%)	$575 → $812 (+41.2%)

Anamosa

Population

5,4765,553

Median household income

$41,603$56,167

Median home value

$103,400$164,900

Median gross rent

$598$897

Wyoming

Population

445529

Median household income

$49,545$67,125

Median home value

$68,100$104,300

Median gross rent

$575$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anamosa	Wyoming
Under 5	3.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	14.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	4.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.9%
75 and over	9.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anamosa	Wyoming
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anamosa	Wyoming
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	44.5%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anamosa	Wyoming
Drove alone	78.7%	76.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anamosa	Wyoming
1-unit, detached	66.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Anamosa	Wyoming
Poverty rate	20.4%	19.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1971	1956