Bear River vs Lyman

A side-by-side comparison of Bear River and Lyman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lyman has the higher population (1,777 vs 835 in Bear River). Bear River has the higher median household income ($118,185 vs $101,080 in Lyman). Bear River has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $267,500 in Lyman).

Population, income & housing

	Bear River	Lyman
Population	835	1,777
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$118,185	$101,080
Median home value	$330,300	$267,500
Median gross rent	$1,425	$1,071
Housing units	295	677
Homeownership rate	95.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear River	Lyman
Population	642 → 835 (+30.1%)	2,285 → 1,777 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $118,185 (+52.5%)	$82,083 → $101,080 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $330,300 (+43.7%)	$191,200 → $267,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,425 (-5.0%)	$855 → $1,071 (+25.3%)

Bear River

Population

642835

Median household income

$77,500$118,185

Median home value

$229,900$330,300

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,425

Lyman

Population

2,2851,777

Median household income

$82,083$101,080

Median home value

$191,200$267,500

Median gross rent

$855$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear River	Lyman
Under 5	2.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	29.6%	28.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	21.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.0%
75 and over	1.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear River	Lyman
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear River	Lyman
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear River	Lyman
Drove alone	86.1%	68.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear River	Lyman
1-unit, detached	90.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Bear River	Lyman
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.83	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1989	1984