Lingle vs Torrington

A side-by-side comparison of Lingle and Torrington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Torrington has the higher population (6,174 vs 396 in Lingle). Lingle has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $53,393 in Torrington). Lingle has the higher median home value ($207,400 vs $194,100 in Torrington).

Population, income & housing

	Lingle	Torrington
Population	396	6,174
Median age	47.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$53,393
Median home value	$207,400	$194,100
Median gross rent	$827	$816
Housing units	245	2,661
Homeownership rate	67.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lingle	Torrington
Population	479 → 396 (-17.3%)	6,675 → 6,174 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $73,250 (+45.6%)	$51,818 → $53,393 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $207,400 (+23.6%)	$150,100 → $194,100 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $827 (+2.4%)	$694 → $816 (+17.6%)

Lingle

Population

479396

Median household income

$50,313$73,250

Median home value

$167,800$207,400

Median gross rent

$808$827

Torrington

Population

6,6756,174

Median household income

$51,818$53,393

Median home value

$150,100$194,100

Median gross rent

$694$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lingle	Torrington
Under 5	6.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	5.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	14.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	25.0%	9.7%
75 and over	9.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lingle	Torrington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lingle	Torrington
No high school diploma	2.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	23.7%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lingle	Torrington
Drove alone	85.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lingle	Torrington
1-unit, detached	84.5%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	10.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Lingle	Torrington
Poverty rate	1.5%	17.8%
Average household size	1.86	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1973	1968