Baggs vs Elk Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Baggs and Elk Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baggs has the higher population (411 vs 89 in Elk Mountain). Elk Mountain has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $54,063 in Baggs). Elk Mountain has the higher median home value ($218,200 vs $180,800 in Baggs).

Population, income & housing

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
Population	411	89
Median age	32.1 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$65,893
Median home value	$180,800	$218,200
Median gross rent	$698	—
Housing units	204	95
Homeownership rate	81.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
Population	485 → 411 (-15.3%)	194 → 89 (-54.1%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $54,063 (-8.0%)	$51,250 → $65,893 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $180,800 (+38.2%)	$120,200 → $218,200 (+81.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $698 (-9.9%)	—

Baggs

Population

485411

Median household income

$58,750$54,063

Median home value

$130,800$180,800

Median gross rent

$775$698

Elk Mountain

Population

19489

Median household income

$51,250$65,893

Median home value

$120,200$218,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
Under 5	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	6.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	20.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.5%
75 and over	10.0%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	50.8%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
Drove alone	72.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	8.6%
Bicycle	10.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
1-unit, detached	27.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.2%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Baggs	Elk Mountain
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.48	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	19	39
Median year structure built	1981	1973