Natrona County vs Sweetwater County

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

Natrona 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.

Natrona County has the higher population (79,735 vs 41,786 in Sweetwater County). Sweetwater County has the higher median household income ($76,464 vs $71,247 in Natrona County). Natrona County has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $242,900 in Sweetwater County).

Population, income & housing

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
Population	79,735	41,786
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,247	$76,464
Median home value	$260,400	$242,900
Median gross rent	$973	$913
Housing units	37,101	19,226
Homeownership rate	73.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
Population	80,333 → 79,735 (-0.7%)	43,521 → 41,786 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$62,772 → $71,247 (+13.5%)	$74,843 → $76,464 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$208,700 → $260,400 (+24.8%)	$205,600 → $242,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $973 (+13.1%)	$861 → $913 (+6.0%)

Natrona County

Population

80,33379,735

Median household income

$62,772$71,247

Median home value

$208,700$260,400

Median gross rent

$860$973

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)

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.2%
75 and over	6.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
Drove alone	79.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.9%
Public transit	0.7%	2.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.2%	2.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
1-unit, detached	71.5%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	7.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Natrona County	Sweetwater County
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1980