Fort Washakie vs Shoshoni

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

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

Fort Washakie has the higher population (1,345 vs 629 in Shoshoni). Shoshoni has the higher median household income ($54,226 vs $36,429 in Fort Washakie). Fort Washakie has the higher median home value ($97,200 vs $83,800 in Shoshoni).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
Population	1,345	629
Median age	31.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$54,226
Median home value	$97,200	$83,800
Median gross rent	$558	$782
Housing units	428	292
Homeownership rate	58.4%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
Population	1,741 → 1,345 (-22.7%)	515 → 629 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$49,609 → $36,429 (-26.6%)	$34,205 → $54,226 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $97,200 (-15.8%)	$108,300 → $83,800 (-22.6%)
Median gross rent	$449 → $558 (+24.3%)	$580 → $782 (+34.8%)

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

Shoshoni

Population

515629

Median household income

$34,205$54,226

Median home value

$108,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$580$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	26.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	4.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	21.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.7%
75 and over	5.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
White (non-Hispanic)	5.1%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.6%	6.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
No high school diploma	17.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
Drove alone	85.6%	70.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	15.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
1-unit, detached	72.4%	36.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	52.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washakie	Shoshoni
Poverty rate	31.2%	21.9%
Average household size	3.91	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1982	1977