Fontenelle vs Opal

A side-by-side comparison of Fontenelle and Opal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Opal has the higher population (64 vs 18 in Fontenelle). Since 2019, Fontenelle's population has grown faster (-30.8% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fontenelle	Opal
Population	18	64
Median age	62.4 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,750
Median home value	—	$41,700
Housing units	16	80
Homeownership rate	6.3%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontenelle	Opal
Population	26 → 18 (-30.8%)	121 → 64 (-47.1%)
Median household income	—	$61,667 → $53,750 (-12.8%)
Median home value	—	$50,700 → $41,700 (-17.8%)

Fontenelle

Population

2618

Opal

Population

12164

Median household income

$61,667$53,750

Median home value

$50,700$41,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontenelle	Opal
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	25.0%
55 to 64	100.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	34.4%
75 and over	0.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontenelle	Opal
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontenelle	Opal
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontenelle	Opal
Drove alone	0.0%	72.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	93.8%	20.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontenelle	Opal
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.0%

Poverty & households

	Fontenelle	Opal
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.13	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	—	1991