Alpine vs Kemmerer

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Kemmerer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kemmerer has the higher population (2,788 vs 978 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median household income ($100,625 vs $74,375 in Kemmerer). Alpine has the higher median home value ($511,000 vs $173,100 in Kemmerer).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Kemmerer
Population	978	2,788
Median age	33.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,625	$74,375
Median home value	$511,000	$173,100
Median gross rent	$1,213	$739
Housing units	541	1,406
Homeownership rate	49.8%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Kemmerer
Population	639 → 978 (+53.1%)	2,747 → 2,788 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$76,750 → $100,625 (+31.1%)	$63,000 → $74,375 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $511,000 (+70.0%)	$165,000 → $173,100 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,213 (+27.7%)	$809 → $739 (-8.7%)

Alpine

Population

639978

Median household income

$76,750$100,625

Median home value

$300,600$511,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,213

Kemmerer

Population

2,7472,788

Median household income

$63,000$74,375

Median home value

$165,000$173,100

Median gross rent

$809$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Kemmerer
Under 5	14.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	5.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	19.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	21.8%	5.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	2.7%	13.3%
75 and over	3.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Kemmerer
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Kemmerer
No high school diploma	10.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	12.8%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Kemmerer
Drove alone	57.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	25.9%	3.3%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Kemmerer
1-unit, detached	56.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	7.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Kemmerer
Poverty rate	7.7%	17.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	41	17
Median year structure built	1994	1974