Kirby vs Thermopolis

A side-by-side comparison of Kirby and Thermopolis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thermopolis has the higher population (2,716 vs 54 in Kirby). Thermopolis has the higher median household income ($71,574 vs $32,857 in Kirby). Thermopolis has the higher median home value ($201,600 vs $88,100 in Kirby).

Population, income & housing

	Kirby	Thermopolis
Population	54	2,716
Median age	54.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,857	$71,574
Median home value	$88,100	$201,600
Median gross rent	—	$892
Housing units	37	1,522
Homeownership rate	91.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	41.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirby	Thermopolis
Population	69 → 54 (-21.7%)	2,703 → 2,716 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$48,000 → $32,857 (-31.5%)	$53,162 → $71,574 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $88,100 (-13.9%)	$138,900 → $201,600 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$744 → $892 (+19.9%)

Kirby

Population

6954

Median household income

$48,000$32,857

Median home value

$102,300$88,100

Thermopolis

Population

2,7032,716

Median household income

$53,162$71,574

Median home value

$138,900$201,600

Median gross rent

$744$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirby	Thermopolis
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	18.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	31.5%	17.4%
75 and over	3.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirby	Thermopolis
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	9.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirby	Thermopolis
No high school diploma	19.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	57.4%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirby	Thermopolis
Drove alone	64.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirby	Thermopolis
1-unit, detached	78.4%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Kirby	Thermopolis
Poverty rate	16.7%	15.0%
Average household size	1.59	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1950	1963