Converse County vs Lincoln County

A side-by-side comparison of Converse County and Lincoln County: population, income, housing, and more.

Converse County and Lincoln County are counties in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lincoln County has the higher population (20,158 vs 13,759 in Converse County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($86,092 vs $79,164 in Converse County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($334,500 vs $269,700 in Converse County).

Population, income & housing

	Converse County	Lincoln County
Population	13,759	20,158
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,164	$86,092
Median home value	$269,700	$334,500
Median gross rent	$930	$868
Housing units	6,643	9,763
Homeownership rate	78.3%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse County	Lincoln County
Population	13,921 → 13,759 (-1.2%)	19,274 → 20,158 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$69,647 → $79,164 (+13.7%)	$66,964 → $86,092 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $269,700 (+30.5%)	$246,400 → $334,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $930 (+25.8%)	$852 → $868 (+1.9%)

Converse County

Population

13,92113,759

Median household income

$69,647$79,164

Median home value

$206,700$269,700

Median gross rent

$739$930

Lincoln County

Population

19,27420,158

Median household income

$66,964$86,092

Median home value

$246,400$334,500

Median gross rent

$852$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse County	Lincoln County
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.5%
75 and over	6.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	35.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	72.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	13.6%
Public transit	3.4%	0.5%
Walked	4.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.1%
Other means	1.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Converse County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1978	1988