Sheridan vs Story

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

Sheridan and Story 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 1,174 in Story). Story has the higher median household income ($130,227 vs $61,598 in Sheridan). Since 2019, Story's population has grown faster (+77.9% vs +6.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Sheridan	Story
Population	19,035	1,174
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,598	$130,227
Median home value	$295,300	—
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	8,945	787
Homeownership rate	62.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheridan	Story
Population	17,844 → 19,035 (+6.7%)	660 → 1,174 (+77.9%)
Median household income	$54,278 → $61,598 (+13.5%)	$59,348 → $130,227 (+119.4%)
Median home value	$228,200 → $295,300 (+29.4%)	$334,300 → $328,700 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $933 (+13.6%)	$1,207 → $1,409 (+16.7%)

Sheridan

Population

17,84419,035

Median household income

$54,278$61,598

Median home value

$228,200$295,300

Median gross rent

$821$933

Story

Population

6601,174

Median household income

$59,348$130,227

Median home value

$334,300$328,700

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheridan	Story
Under 5	5.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	2.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	24.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.3%
75 and over	8.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheridan	Story
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheridan	Story
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheridan	Story
Drove alone	83.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheridan	Story
1-unit, detached	64.2%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Sheridan	Story
Poverty rate	11.8%	1.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	12	15
Median year structure built	1977	1987