Fort Bridger vs Lyman

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Bridger and Lyman: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Bridger 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 193 in Fort Bridger). Since 2019, Fort Bridger's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
Population	193	1,777
Median age	23.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$101,080
Median home value	—	$267,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,071
Housing units	46	677
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
Population	181 → 193 (+6.6%)	2,285 → 1,777 (-22.2%)
Median household income	—	$82,083 → $101,080 (+23.1%)
Median home value	—	$191,200 → $267,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$855 → $1,071 (+25.3%)

Fort Bridger

Population

181193

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)

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
Under 5	6.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	28.5%	28.3%
18 to 24	20.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	18.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.0%
75 and over	0.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.6%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	46.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	53.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
Drove alone	100.0%	68.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
1-unit, detached	63.0%	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	37.0%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bridger	Lyman
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.0%
Average household size	4.20	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	—	1984