Rawlins vs Saratoga

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

Rawlins and Saratoga 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 1,864 in Saratoga). Rawlins has the higher median household income ($69,912 vs $68,521 in Saratoga). Saratoga has the higher median home value ($267,600 vs $205,900 in Rawlins).

Population, income & housing

	Rawlins	Saratoga
Population	8,217	1,864
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$68,521
Median home value	$205,900	$267,600
Median gross rent	$833	$950
Housing units	4,038	919
Homeownership rate	73.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rawlins	Saratoga
Population	8,820 → 8,217 (-6.8%)	1,377 → 1,864 (+35.4%)
Median household income	$64,336 → $69,912 (+8.7%)	$58,086 → $68,521 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $205,900 (+19.9%)	$194,200 → $267,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $833 (-0.2%)	$671 → $950 (+41.6%)

Rawlins

Population

8,8208,217

Median household income

$64,336$69,912

Median home value

$171,700$205,900

Median gross rent

$835$833

Saratoga

Population

1,3771,864

Median household income

$58,086$68,521

Median home value

$194,200$267,600

Median gross rent

$671$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rawlins	Saratoga
Under 5	4.2%	8.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.5%
75 and over	5.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rawlins	Saratoga
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rawlins	Saratoga
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rawlins	Saratoga
Drove alone	80.3%	84.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rawlins	Saratoga
1-unit, detached	67.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Rawlins	Saratoga
Poverty rate	12.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1964	1977