Sheridan County vs Sweetwater County

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

Sheridan 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 31,585 in Sheridan County). Sweetwater County has the higher median household income ($76,464 vs $70,855 in Sheridan County). Sheridan County has the higher median home value ($352,200 vs $242,900 in Sweetwater County).

Population, income & housing

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
Population	31,585	41,786
Median age	42.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,855	$76,464
Median home value	$352,200	$242,900
Median gross rent	$950	$913
Housing units	15,236	19,226
Homeownership rate	69.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
Population	30,140 → 31,585 (+4.8%)	43,521 → 41,786 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$60,807 → $70,855 (+16.5%)	$74,843 → $76,464 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$272,400 → $352,200 (+29.3%)	$205,600 → $242,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $950 (+13.6%)	$861 → $913 (+6.0%)

Sheridan County

Population

30,14031,585

Median household income

$60,807$70,855

Median home value

$272,400$352,200

Median gross rent

$836$950

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)

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.2%
75 and over	8.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.6%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
Drove alone	81.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
1-unit, detached	73.4%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Sheridan County	Sweetwater County
Poverty rate	9.8%	13.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1981	1980