What is the population of Kemmerer city?

Kemmerer city has 2,788 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 205 in Wyoming.

What is the median household income in Kemmerer city?

Median household income in Kemmerer city is $74,375 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kemmerer city?

Median gross rent is $739 a month and the median home value is $173,100, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.

Is Kemmerer city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kemmerer city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kemmerer, WY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kemmerer, Wyoming (Kemmerer, WY — Census place “Kemmerer city”) is 2,788 residents, ranking #27 of 205 places in Wyoming. Median household income is $74,375, the median home is worth $173,100 and median gross rent runs $739 a month. Looking for the Kemmerer Wyoming ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Kemmerer, WY: 83101, 83116.

Population: 2,788Kemmerer city residents
Median household income: $74,375Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $173,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $739Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74.2%Owner-occupied households

Kemmerer ZIP codes (Wyoming)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kemmerer.

The Kemmerer WY ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Kemmerer city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kemmerer city median would spend about 11.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.2% of residents and 74.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Kemmerer city, WY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kemmerer city is a small town in Wyoming, with 2,788 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 205 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 40.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Kemmerer city earn a median of $74,375 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $69,912 median for the 54 Wyoming cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kemmerer city is valued at $173,100, 42.9% below the national figure and 31% below the $251,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $739 a month, 47.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,868 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 74.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Kemmerer city?: Kemmerer city has 2,788 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 205 in Wyoming.
What is the median household income in Kemmerer city?: Median household income in Kemmerer city is $74,375 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kemmerer city?: Median gross rent is $739 a month and the median home value is $173,100, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.
Is Kemmerer city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kemmerer city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kemmerer city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.