Chugwater vs Y-O Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Chugwater and Y-O Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Y-O Ranch has the higher population (334 vs 200 in Chugwater). Y-O Ranch has the higher median household income ($69,042 vs $66,016 in Chugwater). Chugwater has the higher median home value ($254,400 vs $200,000 in Y-O Ranch).

Population, income & housing

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
Population	200	334
Median age	69.4 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,016	$69,042
Median home value	$254,400	$200,000
Median gross rent	$875	—
Housing units	129	96
Homeownership rate	94.5%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	30.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
Population	185 → 200 (+8.1%)	115 → 334 (+190.4%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $66,016 (+44.7%)	$54,722 → $69,042 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $254,400 (+246.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$675 → $875 (+29.6%)	—

Chugwater

Population

185200

Median household income

$45,625$66,016

Median home value

$73,500$254,400

Median gross rent

$675$875

Y-O Ranch

Population

115334

Median household income

$54,722$69,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	38.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	4.5%	4.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	36.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	3.6%
65 to 74	47.0%	0.0%
75 and over	9.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	55.6%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
Drove alone	69.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
1-unit, detached	92.2%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	62.5%

Poverty & households

	Chugwater	Y-O Ranch
Poverty rate	7.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.83	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	11
Median year structure built	1957	2003