Green River vs Reliance

A side-by-side comparison of Green River and Reliance: population, income, housing, and more.

Green River and Reliance are places in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Green River has the higher population (11,679 vs 400 in Reliance). Green River has the higher median home value ($255,600 vs $27,400 in Reliance). Since 2019, Reliance's population has grown faster (+3.6% vs -3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Green River	Reliance
Population	11,679	400
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,399	—
Median home value	$255,600	$27,400
Median gross rent	$912	$816
Housing units	4,948	266
Homeownership rate	76.0%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	35.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green River	Reliance
Population	12,069 → 11,679 (-3.2%)	386 → 400 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$75,087 → $85,399 (+13.7%)	—
Median home value	$213,800 → $255,600 (+19.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$895 → $912 (+1.9%)	—

Green River

Population

12,06911,679

Median household income

$75,087$85,399

Median home value

$213,800$255,600

Median gross rent

$895$912

Reliance

Population

386400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green River	Reliance
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	35.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	27.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	20.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	0.0%
75 and over	5.1%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green River	Reliance
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	28.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	66.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green River	Reliance
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green River	Reliance
Drove alone	81.0%	48.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	51.6%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green River	Reliance
1-unit, detached	67.3%	6.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	18.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	75.2%

Poverty & households

	Green River	Reliance
Poverty rate	9.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.57	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1978	1977