Encampment vs Rawlins

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

Encampment 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 491 in Encampment). Rawlins has the higher median household income ($69,912 vs $53,125 in Encampment). Encampment has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $205,900 in Rawlins).

Population, income & housing

	Encampment	Rawlins
Population	491	8,217
Median age	62.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$69,912
Median home value	$206,000	$205,900
Median gross rent	$1,135	$833
Housing units	388	4,038
Homeownership rate	84.4%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Encampment	Rawlins
Population	443 → 491 (+10.8%)	8,820 → 8,217 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$44,702 → $53,125 (+18.8%)	$64,336 → $69,912 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$176,800 → $206,000 (+16.5%)	$171,700 → $205,900 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,135 (+28.8%)	$835 → $833 (-0.2%)

Encampment

Population

443491

Median household income

$44,702$53,125

Median home value

$176,800$206,000

Median gross rent

$881$1,135

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)

	Encampment	Rawlins
Under 5	1.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	6.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	5.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	24.8%	9.7%
75 and over	14.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Encampment	Rawlins
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	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	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Encampment	Rawlins
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Encampment	Rawlins
Drove alone	49.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Encampment	Rawlins
1-unit, detached	55.9%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	30.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Encampment	Rawlins
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.6%
Average household size	1.70	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1974	1964