Alpine vs Star Valley Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Alpine and Star Valley Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Star Valley Ranch has the higher population (2,107 vs 978 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median household income ($100,625 vs $96,218 in Star Valley Ranch). Alpine has the higher median home value ($511,000 vs $471,000 in Star Valley Ranch).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
Population	978	2,107
Median age	33.6 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,625	$96,218
Median home value	$511,000	$471,000
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,646
Housing units	541	1,212
Homeownership rate	49.8%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
Population	639 → 978 (+53.1%)	1,961 → 2,107 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$76,750 → $100,625 (+31.1%)	$77,944 → $96,218 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $511,000 (+70.0%)	$293,800 → $471,000 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,213 (+27.7%)	$1,300 → $1,646 (+26.6%)

Alpine

Population

639978

Median household income

$76,750$100,625

Median home value

$300,600$511,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,213

Star Valley Ranch

Population

1,9612,107

Median household income

$77,944$96,218

Median home value

$293,800$471,000

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
Under 5	14.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	5.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	19.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	21.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	2.7%	21.1%
75 and over	3.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.9%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	12.8%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
Drove alone	57.6%	57.7%
Carpooled	25.9%	17.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
1-unit, detached	56.4%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Star Valley Ranch
Poverty rate	7.7%	0.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	41	42
Median year structure built	1994	1998