Ethete vs Fort Washakie

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

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

Ethete has the higher population (1,438 vs 1,345 in Fort Washakie). Ethete has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $36,429 in Fort Washakie). Ethete has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $97,200 in Fort Washakie).

Population, income & housing

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
Population	1,438	1,345
Median age	26.9 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$36,429
Median home value	$117,000	$97,200
Median gross rent	$493	$558
Housing units	331	428
Homeownership rate	65.7%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	27.4%	19.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
Population	1,486 → 1,438 (-3.2%)	1,741 → 1,345 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $83,750 (+59.5%)	$49,609 → $36,429 (-26.6%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $117,000 (+0.6%)	$115,500 → $97,200 (-15.8%)
Median gross rent	$395 → $493 (+24.8%)	$449 → $558 (+24.3%)

Ethete

Population

1,4861,438

Median household income

$52,500$83,750

Median home value

$116,300$117,000

Median gross rent

$395$493

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)

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
Under 5	7.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	28.2%	26.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.0%
75 and over	2.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
White (non-Hispanic)	5.6%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.2%	90.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
No high school diploma	11.4%	17.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
Drove alone	74.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
1-unit, detached	82.2%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Ethete	Fort Washakie
Poverty rate	14.9%	31.2%
Average household size	5.24	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1982	1982