Casper Mountain vs Midwest

A side-by-side comparison of Casper Mountain and Midwest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Casper Mountain has the higher population (628 vs 218 in Midwest). Casper Mountain has the higher median household income ($104,265 vs $75,707 in Midwest). Casper Mountain has the higher median home value ($477,000 vs $70,300 in Midwest).

Population, income & housing

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
Population	628	218
Median age	39.5 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,265	$75,707
Median home value	$477,000	$70,300
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	542	233
Homeownership rate	95.3%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
Population	835 → 628 (-24.8%)	233 → 218 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$110,179 → $104,265 (-5.4%)	$51,607 → $75,707 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$559,100 → $477,000 (-14.7%)	$53,200 → $70,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $525 (-19.8%)

Casper Mountain

Population

835628

Median household income

$110,179$104,265

Median home value

$559,100$477,000

Midwest

Population

233218

Median household income

$51,607$75,707

Median home value

$53,200$70,300

Median gross rent

$655$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.6%	9.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	4.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	28.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	22.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	17.4%
75 and over	2.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	12.1%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
Drove alone	100.0%	59.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Casper Mountain	Midwest
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.71	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1976	1938