Baggs vs Encampment

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

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

Encampment has the higher population (491 vs 411 in Baggs). Baggs has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $53,125 in Encampment). Encampment has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $180,800 in Baggs).

Population, income & housing

	Baggs	Encampment
Population	411	491
Median age	32.1 yrs	62.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$53,125
Median home value	$180,800	$206,000
Median gross rent	$698	$1,135
Housing units	204	388
Homeownership rate	81.3%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baggs	Encampment
Population	485 → 411 (-15.3%)	443 → 491 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $54,063 (-8.0%)	$44,702 → $53,125 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $180,800 (+38.2%)	$176,800 → $206,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $698 (-9.9%)	$881 → $1,135 (+28.8%)

Baggs

Population

485411

Median household income

$58,750$54,063

Median home value

$130,800$180,800

Median gross rent

$775$698

Encampment

Population

443491

Median household income

$44,702$53,125

Median home value

$176,800$206,000

Median gross rent

$881$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baggs	Encampment
Under 5	16.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	6.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	5.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	24.8%
75 and over	10.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baggs	Encampment
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	2.6%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baggs	Encampment
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	50.8%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baggs	Encampment
Drove alone	72.4%	49.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	8.0%
Bicycle	10.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	31.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baggs	Encampment
1-unit, detached	27.5%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.2%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Baggs	Encampment
Poverty rate	6.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1981	1974