Big Piney vs Pinedale

A side-by-side comparison of Big Piney and Pinedale: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Piney and Pinedale are places in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pinedale has the higher population (2,022 vs 445 in Big Piney). Pinedale has the higher median household income ($74,886 vs $62,500 in Big Piney). Pinedale has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $198,700 in Big Piney).

Population, income & housing

	Big Piney	Pinedale
Population	445	2,022
Median age	43.8 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$74,886
Median home value	$198,700	$279,300
Median gross rent	$907	$1,284
Housing units	288	1,075
Homeownership rate	61.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Piney	Pinedale
Population	527 → 445 (-15.6%)	1,962 → 2,022 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$85,268 → $62,500 (-26.7%)	$86,550 → $74,886 (-13.5%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $198,700 (+40.2%)	$229,500 → $279,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $907 (+11.4%)	$1,181 → $1,284 (+8.7%)

Big Piney

Population

527445

Median household income

$85,268$62,500

Median home value

$141,700$198,700

Median gross rent

$814$907

Pinedale

Population

1,9622,022

Median household income

$86,550$74,886

Median home value

$229,500$279,300

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Piney	Pinedale
Under 5	5.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.1%
75 and over	15.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Piney	Pinedale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Piney	Pinedale
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	20.2%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Piney	Pinedale
Drove alone	76.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	20.3%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Piney	Pinedale
1-unit, detached	70.1%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Big Piney	Pinedale
Poverty rate	3.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1970	1976