Powder Horn vs Ranchester

A side-by-side comparison of Powder Horn and Ranchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ranchester has the higher population (1,069 vs 818 in Powder Horn). Powder Horn has the higher median household income ($138,693 vs $65,568 in Ranchester). Powder Horn has the higher median home value ($818,800 vs $295,900 in Ranchester).

Population, income & housing

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
Population	818	1,069
Median age	49.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,693	$65,568
Median home value	$818,800	$295,900
Median gross rent	—	$765
Housing units	410	388
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
Population	953 → 818 (-14.2%)	1,117 → 1,069 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$115,423 → $138,693 (+20.2%)	$63,750 → $65,568 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$486,000 → $818,800 (+68.5%)	$238,100 → $295,900 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$971 → $765 (-21.2%)

Powder Horn

Population

953818

Median household income

$115,423$138,693

Median home value

$486,000$818,800

Ranchester

Population

1,1171,069

Median household income

$63,750$65,568

Median home value

$238,100$295,900

Median gross rent

$971$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
Under 5	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	27.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	40.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.1%
75 and over	7.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	18.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
Drove alone	74.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	21.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
1-unit, detached	96.1%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Powder Horn	Ranchester
Poverty rate	2.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	2011	1984