Casper vs Vista West

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

Casper and Vista West 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 917 in Vista West). Vista West has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $69,171 in Casper). Vista West has the higher median home value ($382,500 vs $250,700 in Casper).

Population, income & housing

	Casper	Vista West
Population	58,754	917
Median age	37.0 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,171	$96,250
Median home value	$250,700	$382,500
Median gross rent	$964	—
Housing units	27,874	415
Homeownership rate	70.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casper	Vista West
Population	58,446 → 58,754 (+0.5%)	856 → 917 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$61,979 → $69,171 (+11.6%)	$102,188 → $96,250 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $250,700 (+20.9%)	$346,400 → $382,500 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $964 (+13.3%)	—

Casper

Population

58,44658,754

Median household income

$61,979$69,171

Median home value

$207,400$250,700

Median gross rent

$851$964

Vista West

Population

856917

Median household income

$102,188$96,250

Median home value

$346,400$382,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casper	Vista West
Under 5	6.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	1.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	26.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	18.1%
75 and over	6.5%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casper	Vista West
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	5.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casper	Vista West
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casper	Vista West
Drove alone	78.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casper	Vista West
1-unit, detached	71.1%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Casper	Vista West
Poverty rate	11.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1974	1978