Fort Washakie vs Lander

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

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

Lander has the higher population (7,565 vs 1,345 in Fort Washakie). Lander has the higher median household income ($71,601 vs $36,429 in Fort Washakie). Lander has the higher median home value ($321,800 vs $97,200 in Fort Washakie).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washakie	Lander
Population	1,345	7,565
Median age	31.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$71,601
Median home value	$97,200	$321,800
Median gross rent	$558	$870
Housing units	428	3,306
Homeownership rate	58.4%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washakie	Lander
Population	1,741 → 1,345 (-22.7%)	7,555 → 7,565 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$49,609 → $36,429 (-26.6%)	$57,799 → $71,601 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $97,200 (-15.8%)	$215,900 → $321,800 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$449 → $558 (+24.3%)	$895 → $870 (-2.8%)

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

Lander

Population

7,5557,565

Median household income

$57,799$71,601

Median home value

$215,900$321,800

Median gross rent

$895$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Washakie	Lander
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	26.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.4%
75 and over	5.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washakie	Lander
White (non-Hispanic)	5.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.6%	8.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washakie	Lander
No high school diploma	17.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washakie	Lander
Drove alone	85.6%	72.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.2%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	3.7%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washakie	Lander
1-unit, detached	72.4%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washakie	Lander
Poverty rate	31.2%	9.7%
Average household size	3.91	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1982	1972