Fremont County vs Sweetwater County

A side-by-side comparison of Fremont County and Sweetwater County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sweetwater County has the higher population (41,786 vs 39,472 in Fremont County). Sweetwater County has the higher median household income ($76,464 vs $64,646 in Fremont County). Fremont County has the higher median home value ($252,700 vs $242,900 in Sweetwater County).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
Population	39,472	41,786
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,646	$76,464
Median home value	$252,700	$242,900
Median gross rent	$858	$913
Housing units	17,471	19,226
Homeownership rate	70.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
Population	39,812 → 39,472 (-0.9%)	43,521 → 41,786 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$55,896 → $64,646 (+15.7%)	$74,843 → $76,464 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $252,700 (+28.7%)	$205,600 → $242,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $858 (+8.7%)	$861 → $913 (+6.0%)

Fremont County

Population

39,81239,472

Median household income

$55,896$64,646

Median home value

$196,400$252,700

Median gross rent

$789$858

Sweetwater County

Population

43,52141,786

Median household income

$74,843$76,464

Median home value

$205,600$242,900

Median gross rent

$861$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.2%
75 and over	7.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.8%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.2%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
Drove alone	75.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.9%
Public transit	0.4%	2.4%
Walked	4.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Fremont County	Sweetwater County
Poverty rate	12.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1978	1980