Chugcreek vs Chugwater

A side-by-side comparison of Chugcreek and Chugwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chugwater has the higher population (200 vs 129 in Chugcreek). Chugcreek has the higher median household income ($170,625 vs $66,016 in Chugwater). Chugcreek has the higher median home value ($322,200 vs $254,400 in Chugwater).

Population, income & housing

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
Population	129	200
Median age	51.9 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$170,625	$66,016
Median home value	$322,200	$254,400
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	42	129
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
Population	216 → 129 (-40.3%)	185 → 200 (+8.1%)
Median household income	—	$45,625 → $66,016 (+44.7%)
Median home value	—	$73,500 → $254,400 (+246.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $875 (+29.6%)

Chugcreek

Population

216129

Chugwater

Population

185200

Median household income

$45,625$66,016

Median home value

$73,500$254,400

Median gross rent

$675$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	31.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.0%
25 to 34	3.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	45.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	47.0%
75 and over	0.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
No high school diploma	6.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	63.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
Drove alone	100.0%	69.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Chugcreek	Chugwater
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.0%
Average household size	3.07	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1977	1957