Goshen County vs Platte County

A side-by-side comparison of Goshen County and Platte County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goshen County has the higher population (12,587 vs 8,606 in Platte County). Platte County has the higher median household income ($66,299 vs $64,882 in Goshen County). Platte County has the higher median home value ($248,900 vs $234,600 in Goshen County).

Population, income & housing

	Goshen County	Platte County
Population	12,587	8,606
Median age	43.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,882	$66,299
Median home value	$234,600	$248,900
Median gross rent	$759	$745
Housing units	5,860	4,656
Homeownership rate	74.1%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goshen County	Platte County
Population	13,342 → 12,587 (-5.7%)	8,582 → 8,606 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$54,289 → $64,882 (+19.5%)	$50,903 → $66,299 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $234,600 (+34.8%)	$188,500 → $248,900 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $759 (+7.7%)	$763 → $745 (-2.4%)

Goshen County

Population

13,34212,587

Median household income

$54,289$64,882

Median home value

$174,000$234,600

Median gross rent

$705$759

Platte County

Population

8,5828,606

Median household income

$50,903$66,299

Median home value

$188,500$248,900

Median gross rent

$763$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goshen County	Platte County
Under 5	6.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	15.0%
75 and over	10.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goshen County	Platte County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goshen County	Platte County
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goshen County	Platte County
Drove alone	70.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.1%
Other means	2.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goshen County	Platte County
1-unit, detached	75.3%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Goshen County	Platte County
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1972	1976