Arapahoe vs Fort Washakie

A side-by-side comparison of Arapahoe and Fort Washakie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arapahoe has the higher population (1,460 vs 1,345 in Fort Washakie). Arapahoe has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $36,429 in Fort Washakie). Arapahoe has the higher median home value ($190,900 vs $97,200 in Fort Washakie).

Population, income & housing

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
Population	1,460	1,345
Median age	33.7 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,188	$36,429
Median home value	$190,900	$97,200
Median gross rent	$483	$558
Housing units	471	428
Homeownership rate	71.3%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	19.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
Population	1,829 → 1,460 (-20.2%)	1,741 → 1,345 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $67,188 (+55.8%)	$49,609 → $36,429 (-26.6%)
Median home value	$127,200 → $190,900 (+50.1%)	$115,500 → $97,200 (-15.8%)
Median gross rent	$398 → $483 (+21.4%)	$449 → $558 (+24.3%)

Arapahoe

Population

1,8291,460

Median household income

$43,125$67,188

Median home value

$127,200$190,900

Median gross rent

$398$483

Fort Washakie

Population

1,7411,345

Median household income

$49,609$36,429

Median home value

$115,500$97,200

Median gross rent

$449$558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
Under 5	7.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	26.9%
18 to 24	13.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.0%
75 and over	6.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	74.5%	90.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
No high school diploma	10.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
Drove alone	76.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
1-unit, detached	66.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Arapahoe	Fort Washakie
Poverty rate	19.8%	31.2%
Average household size	3.76	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1983	1982