Baggs vs Rawlins

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

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

Rawlins has the higher population (8,217 vs 411 in Baggs). Rawlins has the higher median household income ($69,912 vs $54,063 in Baggs). Rawlins has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $180,800 in Baggs).

Population, income & housing

	Baggs	Rawlins
Population	411	8,217
Median age	32.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$69,912
Median home value	$180,800	$205,900
Median gross rent	$698	$833
Housing units	204	4,038
Homeownership rate	81.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baggs	Rawlins
Population	485 → 411 (-15.3%)	8,820 → 8,217 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $54,063 (-8.0%)	$64,336 → $69,912 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $180,800 (+38.2%)	$171,700 → $205,900 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $698 (-9.9%)	$835 → $833 (-0.2%)

Baggs

Population

485411

Median household income

$58,750$54,063

Median home value

$130,800$180,800

Median gross rent

$775$698

Rawlins

Population

8,8208,217

Median household income

$64,336$69,912

Median home value

$171,700$205,900

Median gross rent

$835$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baggs	Rawlins
Under 5	16.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.7%
75 and over	10.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baggs	Rawlins
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baggs	Rawlins
No high school diploma	6.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	50.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baggs	Rawlins
Drove alone	72.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	10.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baggs	Rawlins
1-unit, detached	27.5%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	66.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Baggs	Rawlins
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1981	1964