Meeteetse vs Powell

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

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

Powell has the higher population (6,466 vs 661 in Meeteetse). Powell has the higher median household income ($65,077 vs $40,294 in Meeteetse). Powell has the higher median home value ($265,400 vs $184,700 in Meeteetse).

Population, income & housing

	Meeteetse	Powell
Population	661	6,466
Median age	61.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,294	$65,077
Median home value	$184,700	$265,400
Median gross rent	$729	$856
Housing units	342	2,740
Homeownership rate	54.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meeteetse	Powell
Population	459 → 661 (+44.0%)	6,295 → 6,466 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$53,571 → $40,294 (-24.8%)	$56,875 → $65,077 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$145,300 → $184,700 (+27.1%)	$191,000 → $265,400 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $729 (-14.7%)	$820 → $856 (+4.4%)

Meeteetse

Population

459661

Median household income

$53,571$40,294

Median home value

$145,300$184,700

Median gross rent

$855$729

Powell

Population

6,2956,466

Median household income

$56,875$65,077

Median home value

$191,000$265,400

Median gross rent

$820$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meeteetse	Powell
Under 5	3.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	14.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	5.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	21.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.7%
75 and over	25.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meeteetse	Powell
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	82.0%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meeteetse	Powell
No high school diploma	24.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meeteetse	Powell
Drove alone	60.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	13.1%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	23.5%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meeteetse	Powell
1-unit, detached	60.8%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	38.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Meeteetse	Powell
Poverty rate	8.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1975	1976