Cody vs Meeteetse

A side-by-side comparison of Cody and Meeteetse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cody has the higher population (10,121 vs 661 in Meeteetse). Cody has the higher median household income ($68,676 vs $40,294 in Meeteetse). Cody has the higher median home value ($357,300 vs $184,700 in Meeteetse).

Population, income & housing

	Cody	Meeteetse
Population	10,121	661
Median age	41.7 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,676	$40,294
Median home value	$357,300	$184,700
Median gross rent	$1,039	$729
Housing units	5,063	342
Homeownership rate	68.2%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cody	Meeteetse
Population	9,764 → 10,121 (+3.7%)	459 → 661 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$60,404 → $68,676 (+13.7%)	$53,571 → $40,294 (-24.8%)
Median home value	$236,900 → $357,300 (+50.8%)	$145,300 → $184,700 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,039 (+13.6%)	$855 → $729 (-14.7%)

Cody

Population

9,76410,121

Median household income

$60,404$68,676

Median home value

$236,900$357,300

Median gross rent

$915$1,039

Meeteetse

Population

459661

Median household income

$53,571$40,294

Median home value

$145,300$184,700

Median gross rent

$855$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cody	Meeteetse
Under 5	7.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	21.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.9%
75 and over	9.9%	25.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cody	Meeteetse
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cody	Meeteetse
No high school diploma	1.7%	24.7%
High school graduate	25.3%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cody	Meeteetse
Drove alone	82.0%	60.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	23.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cody	Meeteetse
1-unit, detached	66.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Cody	Meeteetse
Poverty rate	8.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	10	20
Median year structure built	1983	1975