Elk Mountain vs Sinclair

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

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

Sinclair has the higher population (359 vs 89 in Elk Mountain). Sinclair has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $65,893 in Elk Mountain). Elk Mountain has the higher median home value ($218,200 vs $182,600 in Sinclair).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
Population	89	359
Median age	45.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$81,250
Median home value	$218,200	$182,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,172
Housing units	95	202
Homeownership rate	80.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
Population	194 → 89 (-54.1%)	418 → 359 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $65,893 (+28.6%)	$88,259 → $81,250 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $218,200 (+81.5%)	$125,000 → $182,600 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $1,172 (+53.6%)

Elk Mountain

Population

19489

Median household income

$51,250$65,893

Median home value

$120,200$218,200

Sinclair

Population

418359

Median household income

$88,259$81,250

Median home value

$125,000$182,600

Median gross rent

$763$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
Under 5	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	6.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	24.0%
45 to 54	20.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	4.5%	15.9%
75 and over	21.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
Drove alone	79.3%	92.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
1-unit, detached	81.1%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Elk Mountain	Sinclair
Poverty rate	3.4%	1.4%
Average household size	1.78	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	39	17
Median year structure built	1973	1955