Lucerne vs Thermopolis

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

Lucerne 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 466 in Lucerne). Lucerne has the higher median household income ($72,321 vs $71,574 in Thermopolis). Lucerne has the higher median home value ($323,100 vs $201,600 in Thermopolis).

Population, income & housing

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
Population	466	2,716
Median age	45.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,321	$71,574
Median home value	$323,100	$201,600
Median gross rent	—	$892
Housing units	177	1,522
Homeownership rate	87.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
Population	462 → 466 (+0.9%)	2,703 → 2,716 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$72,917 → $72,321 (-0.8%)	$53,162 → $71,574 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$253,300 → $323,100 (+27.6%)	$138,900 → $201,600 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$744 → $892 (+19.9%)

Lucerne

Population

462466

Median household income

$72,917$72,321

Median home value

$253,300$323,100

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)

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
Under 5	7.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	3.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	17.4%
75 and over	13.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	5.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
Drove alone	73.9%	77.6%
Carpooled	20.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
1-unit, detached	75.7%	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	24.3%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Lucerne	Thermopolis
Poverty rate	1.3%	15.0%
Average household size	3.45	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1980	1963