Lusk vs Van Tassell

A side-by-side comparison of Lusk and Van Tassell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lusk has the higher population (1,482 vs 26 in Van Tassell). Van Tassell has the higher median household income ($208,333 vs $44,755 in Lusk). Lusk has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $110,000 in Van Tassell).

Population, income & housing

	Lusk	Van Tassell
Population	1,482	26
Median age	48.0 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,755	$208,333
Median home value	$164,200	$110,000
Median gross rent	$590	—
Housing units	823	12
Homeownership rate	59.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lusk	Van Tassell
Population	1,558 → 1,482 (-4.9%)	21 → 26 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$38,477 → $44,755 (+16.3%)	$125,000 → $208,333 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$129,500 → $164,200 (+26.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$578 → $590 (+2.1%)	—

Lusk

Population

1,5581,482

Median household income

$38,477$44,755

Median home value

$129,500$164,200

Median gross rent

$578$590

Van Tassell

Population

2126

Median household income

$125,000$208,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lusk	Van Tassell
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	3.8%
65 to 74	17.4%	96.2%
75 and over	8.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lusk	Van Tassell
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lusk	Van Tassell
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lusk	Van Tassell
Drove alone	75.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lusk	Van Tassell
1-unit, detached	71.8%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Lusk	Van Tassell
Poverty rate	21.3%	11.5%
Average household size	1.78	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1950	1938