Chugcreek vs Wheatland

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

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

Wheatland has the higher population (3,570 vs 129 in Chugcreek). Chugcreek has the higher median household income ($170,625 vs $55,908 in Wheatland). Chugcreek has the higher median home value ($322,200 vs $236,400 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
Population	129	3,570
Median age	51.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$170,625	$55,908
Median home value	$322,200	$236,400
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	42	1,985
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
Population	216 → 129 (-40.3%)	3,558 → 3,570 (+0.3%)
Median household income	—	$60,061 → $55,908 (-6.9%)
Median home value	—	$170,800 → $236,400 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$800 → $707 (-11.6%)

Chugcreek

Population

216129

Wheatland

Population

3,5583,570

Median household income

$60,061$55,908

Median home value

$170,800$236,400

Median gross rent

$800$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	31.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	3.1%	20.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	45.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.3%
75 and over	0.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	14.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.7%
High school graduate	22.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	63.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
Drove alone	100.0%	87.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Chugcreek	Wheatland
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.1%
Average household size	3.07	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1977	1975