Casper vs Mills

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

Casper and Mills 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 4,315 in Mills). Casper has the higher median household income ($69,171 vs $55,594 in Mills). Casper has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $166,800 in Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Casper	Mills
Population	58,754	4,315
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,171	$55,594
Median home value	$250,700	$166,800
Median gross rent	$964	$1,047
Housing units	27,874	2,011
Homeownership rate	70.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casper	Mills
Population	58,446 → 58,754 (+0.5%)	3,919 → 4,315 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$61,979 → $69,171 (+11.6%)	$46,240 → $55,594 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $250,700 (+20.9%)	$112,100 → $166,800 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $964 (+13.3%)	$821 → $1,047 (+27.5%)

Casper

Population

58,44658,754

Median household income

$61,979$69,171

Median home value

$207,400$250,700

Median gross rent

$851$964

Mills

Population

3,9194,315

Median household income

$46,240$55,594

Median home value

$112,100$166,800

Median gross rent

$821$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casper	Mills
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	21.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.7%
75 and over	6.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casper	Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casper	Mills
No high school diploma	5.4%	12.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casper	Mills
Drove alone	78.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casper	Mills
1-unit, detached	71.1%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	3.8%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	38.1%

Poverty & households

	Casper	Mills
Poverty rate	11.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1974	1978