Wheatland vs Y-O Ranch

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

Wheatland 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.

Wheatland has the higher population (3,570 vs 334 in Y-O Ranch). Y-O Ranch has the higher median household income ($69,042 vs $55,908 in Wheatland). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $200,000 in Y-O Ranch).

Population, income & housing

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
Population	3,570	334
Median age	41.4 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,908	$69,042
Median home value	$236,400	$200,000
Median gross rent	$707	—
Housing units	1,985	96
Homeownership rate	59.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	30.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
Population	3,558 → 3,570 (+0.3%)	115 → 334 (+190.4%)
Median household income	$60,061 → $55,908 (-6.9%)	$54,722 → $69,042 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $236,400 (+38.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$800 → $707 (-11.6%)	—

Wheatland

Population

3,5583,570

Median household income

$60,061$55,908

Median home value

$170,800$236,400

Median gross rent

$800$707

Y-O Ranch

Population

115334

Median household income

$54,722$69,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	38.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	20.1%	3.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	4.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	36.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	3.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	0.0%
75 and over	9.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
No high school diploma	12.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
Drove alone	87.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
1-unit, detached	58.6%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	62.5%

Poverty & households

	Wheatland	Y-O Ranch
Poverty rate	9.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.09	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	11
Median year structure built	1975	2003