Ranchester vs Sheridan

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

Ranchester 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 1,069 in Ranchester). Ranchester has the higher median household income ($65,568 vs $61,598 in Sheridan). Ranchester has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $295,300 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Ranchester	Sheridan
Population	1,069	19,035
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,568	$61,598
Median home value	$295,900	$295,300
Median gross rent	$765	$933
Housing units	388	8,945
Homeownership rate	82.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ranchester	Sheridan
Population	1,117 → 1,069 (-4.3%)	17,844 → 19,035 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $65,568 (+2.9%)	$54,278 → $61,598 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$238,100 → $295,900 (+24.3%)	$228,200 → $295,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $765 (-21.2%)	$821 → $933 (+13.6%)

Ranchester

Population

1,1171,069

Median household income

$63,750$65,568

Median home value

$238,100$295,900

Median gross rent

$971$765

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)

	Ranchester	Sheridan
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	27.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.2%
75 and over	3.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ranchester	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ranchester	Sheridan
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ranchester	Sheridan
Drove alone	79.9%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ranchester	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	74.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Ranchester	Sheridan
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	12
Median year structure built	1984	1977