Powder Horn vs Sheridan

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

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

Sheridan has the higher population (19,035 vs 818 in Powder Horn). Powder Horn has the higher median household income ($138,693 vs $61,598 in Sheridan). Powder Horn has the higher median home value ($818,800 vs $295,300 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
Population	818	19,035
Median age	49.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$138,693	$61,598
Median home value	$818,800	$295,300
Median gross rent	—	$933
Housing units	410	8,945
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
Population	953 → 818 (-14.2%)	17,844 → 19,035 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$115,423 → $138,693 (+20.2%)	$54,278 → $61,598 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$486,000 → $818,800 (+68.5%)	$228,200 → $295,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$821 → $933 (+13.6%)

Powder Horn

Population

953818

Median household income

$115,423$138,693

Median home value

$486,000$818,800

Sheridan

Population

17,84419,035

Median household income

$54,278$61,598

Median home value

$228,200$295,300

Median gross rent

$821$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
Under 5	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	40.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	18.0%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
Drove alone	74.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	21.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	96.1%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Powder Horn	Sheridan
Poverty rate	2.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	12
Median year structure built	2011	1977