Platte County vs Weston County

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

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

Platte County has the higher population (8,606 vs 6,835 in Weston County). Weston County has the higher median household income ($87,545 vs $66,299 in Platte County). Platte County has the higher median home value ($248,900 vs $214,000 in Weston County).

Population, income & housing

	Platte County	Weston County
Population	8,606	6,835
Median age	47.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,299	$87,545
Median home value	$248,900	$214,000
Median gross rent	$745	$694
Housing units	4,656	3,417
Homeownership rate	72.5%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platte County	Weston County
Population	8,582 → 8,606 (+0.3%)	7,049 → 6,835 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$50,903 → $66,299 (+30.2%)	$57,031 → $87,545 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $248,900 (+32.0%)	$166,300 → $214,000 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $745 (-2.4%)	$767 → $694 (-9.5%)

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

Weston County

Population

7,0496,835

Median household income

$57,031$87,545

Median home value

$166,300$214,000

Median gross rent

$767$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Platte County	Weston County
Under 5	4.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.4%
75 and over	11.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platte County	Weston County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platte County	Weston County
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	35.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platte County	Weston County
Drove alone	78.4%	68.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.2%	5.9%
Walked	3.4%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platte County	Weston County
1-unit, detached	65.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Platte County	Weston County
Poverty rate	10.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1976	1976