Rawlins vs Sinclair

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

Rawlins and Sinclair 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 359 in Sinclair). Sinclair has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $69,912 in Rawlins). Rawlins has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $182,600 in Sinclair).

Population, income & housing

	Rawlins	Sinclair
Population	8,217	359
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$81,250
Median home value	$205,900	$182,600
Median gross rent	$833	$1,172
Housing units	4,038	202
Homeownership rate	73.1%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rawlins	Sinclair
Population	8,820 → 8,217 (-6.8%)	418 → 359 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$64,336 → $69,912 (+8.7%)	$88,259 → $81,250 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $205,900 (+19.9%)	$125,000 → $182,600 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $833 (-0.2%)	$763 → $1,172 (+53.6%)

Rawlins

Population

8,8208,217

Median household income

$64,336$69,912

Median home value

$171,700$205,900

Median gross rent

$835$833

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)

	Rawlins	Sinclair
Under 5	4.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	24.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.9%
75 and over	5.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rawlins	Sinclair
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	91.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.7%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rawlins	Sinclair
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	36.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rawlins	Sinclair
Drove alone	80.3%	92.8%
Carpooled	15.6%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rawlins	Sinclair
1-unit, detached	67.9%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Rawlins	Sinclair
Poverty rate	12.6%	1.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1964	1955