Casper vs Evansville

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

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

Casper has the higher population (58,754 vs 2,766 in Evansville). Evansville has the higher median household income ($79,760 vs $69,171 in Casper). Casper has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $237,200 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Casper	Evansville
Population	58,754	2,766
Median age	37.0 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,171	$79,760
Median home value	$250,700	$237,200
Median gross rent	$964	$924
Housing units	27,874	1,085
Homeownership rate	70.3%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casper	Evansville
Population	58,446 → 58,754 (+0.5%)	2,963 → 2,766 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$61,979 → $69,171 (+11.6%)	$60,906 → $79,760 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $250,700 (+20.9%)	$175,300 → $237,200 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $964 (+13.3%)	$928 → $924 (-0.4%)

Casper

Population

58,44658,754

Median household income

$61,979$69,171

Median home value

$207,400$250,700

Median gross rent

$851$964

Evansville

Population

2,9632,766

Median household income

$60,906$79,760

Median home value

$175,300$237,200

Median gross rent

$928$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casper	Evansville
Under 5	6.5%	9.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	21.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	4.8%
75 and over	6.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casper	Evansville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casper	Evansville
No high school diploma	5.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casper	Evansville
Drove alone	78.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casper	Evansville
1-unit, detached	71.1%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Casper	Evansville
Poverty rate	11.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1974	1999