Lyman vs Mountain View

A side-by-side comparison of Lyman and Mountain View: population, income, housing, and more.

Lyman and Mountain View 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 1,017 in Mountain View). Lyman has the higher median household income ($101,080 vs $71,607 in Mountain View). Lyman has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $246,300 in Mountain View).

Population, income & housing

	Lyman	Mountain View
Population	1,777	1,017
Median age	35.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,080	$71,607
Median home value	$267,500	$246,300
Median gross rent	$1,071	$792
Housing units	677	503
Homeownership rate	75.6%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyman	Mountain View
Population	2,285 → 1,777 (-22.2%)	1,227 → 1,017 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$82,083 → $101,080 (+23.1%)	$61,667 → $71,607 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$191,200 → $267,500 (+39.9%)	$171,900 → $246,300 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,071 (+25.3%)	$806 → $792 (-1.7%)

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

Mountain View

Population

1,2271,017

Median household income

$61,667$71,607

Median home value

$171,900$246,300

Median gross rent

$806$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyman	Mountain View
Under 5	6.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	28.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	18.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.4%
75 and over	1.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyman	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.4%
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	3.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyman	Mountain View
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	24.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyman	Mountain View
Drove alone	68.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	16.9%	5.9%
Public transit	3.2%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	3.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyman	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	66.8%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Lyman	Mountain View
Poverty rate	6.0%	11.5%
Average household size	3.08	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1984	1980