Reliance vs Rock Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Reliance and Rock Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Springs has the higher population (23,229 vs 400 in Reliance). Rock Springs has the higher median home value ($245,600 vs $27,400 in Reliance). Since 2019, Reliance's population has grown faster (+3.6% vs -0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Reliance	Rock Springs
Population	400	23,229
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,307
Median home value	$27,400	$245,600
Median gross rent	$816	$943
Housing units	266	10,722
Homeownership rate	51.8%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	35.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reliance	Rock Springs
Population	386 → 400 (+3.6%)	23,319 → 23,229 (-0.4%)
Median household income	—	$76,722 → $73,307 (-4.5%)
Median home value	—	$211,800 → $245,600 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$878 → $943 (+7.4%)

Reliance

Population

386400

Rock Springs

Population

23,31923,229

Median household income

$76,722$73,307

Median home value

$211,800$245,600

Median gross rent

$878$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reliance	Rock Springs
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	35.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	27.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	20.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.7%
75 and over	17.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reliance	Rock Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	28.7%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	66.3%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reliance	Rock Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reliance	Rock Springs
Drove alone	48.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	51.6%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reliance	Rock Springs
1-unit, detached	6.8%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	75.2%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Reliance	Rock Springs
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.7%
Average household size	1.63	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1977	1980