Gillette vs Wright

A side-by-side comparison of Gillette and Wright: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gillette has the higher population (33,278 vs 1,400 in Wright). Gillette has the higher median household income ($90,699 vs $86,115 in Wright). Gillette has the higher median home value ($257,200 vs $218,500 in Wright).

Population, income & housing

	Gillette	Wright
Population	33,278	1,400
Median age	33.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,699	$86,115
Median home value	$257,200	$218,500
Median gross rent	$922	$1,037
Housing units	14,254	801
Homeownership rate	75.2%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gillette	Wright
Population	32,857 → 33,278 (+1.3%)	1,266 → 1,400 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$79,789 → $90,699 (+13.7%)	$80,083 → $86,115 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $257,200 (+18.9%)	$187,500 → $218,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $922 (+2.7%)	$1,049 → $1,037 (-1.1%)

Gillette

Population

32,85733,278

Median household income

$79,789$90,699

Median home value

$216,400$257,200

Median gross rent

$898$922

Wright

Population

1,2661,400

Median household income

$80,083$86,115

Median home value

$187,500$218,500

Median gross rent

$1,049$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gillette	Wright
Under 5	7.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	21.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.9%
75 and over	4.0%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gillette	Wright
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gillette	Wright
No high school diploma	7.2%	20.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gillette	Wright
Drove alone	80.9%	85.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gillette	Wright
1-unit, detached	53.5%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	42.1%

Poverty & households

	Gillette	Wright
Poverty rate	9.0%	26.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1988	1986