Platte County vs Sublette County

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

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

Sublette County has the higher population (8,806 vs 8,606 in Platte County). Sublette County has the higher median household income ($82,791 vs $66,299 in Platte County). Sublette County has the higher median home value ($350,100 vs $248,900 in Platte County).

Population, income & housing

	Platte County	Sublette County
Population	8,606	8,806
Median age	47.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,299	$82,791
Median home value	$248,900	$350,100
Median gross rent	$745	$1,116
Housing units	4,656	5,239
Homeownership rate	72.5%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platte County	Sublette County
Population	8,582 → 8,606 (+0.3%)	9,880 → 8,806 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$50,903 → $66,299 (+30.2%)	$77,403 → $82,791 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $248,900 (+32.0%)	$275,100 → $350,100 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $745 (-2.4%)	$895 → $1,116 (+24.7%)

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

Sublette County

Population

9,8808,806

Median household income

$77,403$82,791

Median home value

$275,100$350,100

Median gross rent

$895$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Platte County	Sublette County
Under 5	4.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.8%
75 and over	11.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platte County	Sublette County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platte County	Sublette County
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platte County	Sublette County
Drove alone	78.4%	66.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platte County	Sublette County
1-unit, detached	65.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Platte County	Sublette County
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1976	1984