Basin vs Cowley

A side-by-side comparison of Basin and Cowley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Basin has the higher population (1,304 vs 801 in Cowley). Cowley has the higher median household income ($78,456 vs $59,941 in Basin). Cowley has the higher median home value ($239,000 vs $143,900 in Basin).

Population, income & housing

	Basin	Cowley
Population	1,304	801
Median age	39.3 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,941	$78,456
Median home value	$143,900	$239,000
Median gross rent	$914	$1,100
Housing units	611	254
Homeownership rate	76.7%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basin	Cowley
Population	1,388 → 1,304 (-6.1%)	623 → 801 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $59,941 (+45.3%)	$63,125 → $78,456 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $143,900 (+22.7%)	$211,600 → $239,000 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $914 (+49.6%)	$650 → $1,100 (+69.2%)

Basin

Population

1,3881,304

Median household income

$41,250$59,941

Median home value

$117,300$143,900

Median gross rent

$611$914

Cowley

Population

623801

Median household income

$63,125$78,456

Median home value

$211,600$239,000

Median gross rent

$650$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basin	Cowley
Under 5	2.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	19.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.4%
75 and over	11.8%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basin	Cowley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basin	Cowley
No high school diploma	13.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.1%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basin	Cowley
Drove alone	77.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	14.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basin	Cowley
1-unit, detached	70.7%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Basin	Cowley
Poverty rate	18.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.28	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1958	1983