What is the population of Lander city?

Lander city has 7,565 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #13 of 205 in Wyoming.

What is the median household income in Lander city?

Median household income in Lander city is $71,601 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $870 a month and the median home value is $321,800, so rent absorbs about 14.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lander city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lander, WY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lander, Wyoming (Lander, WY — Census place “Lander city”) is 7,565 residents, ranking #13 of 205 places in Wyoming. Median household income is $71,601, the median home is worth $321,800 and median gross rent runs $870 a month. Looking for the Lander Wyoming ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lander, WY: 82520.

Population: 7,565Lander city residents
Median household income: $71,601Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $321,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $870Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.8%Owner-occupied households

Lander ZIP codes (Wyoming)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lander.

The Lander WY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

82520

What the numbers mean in Lander city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lander city median would spend about 14.6% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.7% of residents and 65.8% of households own their home.

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

Lander city, WY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lander city is a mid-size town in Wyoming, with 7,565 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #13 of 205 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lander city earn a median of $71,601 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 9.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lander city is valued at $321,800, 6.1% above the national figure and 28% above the $251,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $870 a month, 38.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,440 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.6% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Lander city?: Lander city has 7,565 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #13 of 205 in Wyoming.
What is the median household income in Lander city?: Median household income in Lander city is $71,601 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lander city?: Median gross rent is $870 a month and the median home value is $321,800, so rent absorbs about 14.6% of median household income.
Is Lander city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lander city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lander city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.