What is the population of Lusk town?

Lusk town has 1,482 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #42 of 205 in Wyoming.

What is the median household income in Lusk town?

Median household income in Lusk town is $44,755 a year, 43% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lusk town?

Median gross rent is $590 a month and the median home value is $164,200, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.

Is Lusk town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lusk town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wyoming · Census place 48530

Lusk, WY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lusk, Wyoming (Lusk, WY — Census place “Lusk town”) is 1,482 residents, ranking #42 of 205 places in Wyoming. Median household income is $44,755, the median home is worth $164,200 and median gross rent runs $590 a month. Looking for the Lusk Wyoming ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lusk, WY: 82225.

Population: 1,482Lusk town residents
Median household income: $44,755Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $164,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $590Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 48 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.1%Owner-occupied households

Lusk ZIP codes (Wyoming)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lusk.

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

82225

What the numbers mean in Lusk town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lusk town median would spend about 15.8% 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 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.3% of residents and 59.1% of households own their home.

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

Lusk town, WY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lusk town is a small town in Wyoming, with 1,482 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #42 of 205 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 48 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Lusk town earn a median of $44,755 a year, 43% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $69,912 median for the 54 Wyoming cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 21.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lusk town is valued at $164,200, 45.9% below the national figure and 35% below the $251,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $590 a month, 58% below the national figure, or roughly $7,080 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% 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 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Lusk town?: Lusk town has 1,482 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #42 of 205 in Wyoming.
What is the median household income in Lusk town?: Median household income in Lusk town is $44,755 a year, 43% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lusk town?: Median gross rent is $590 a month and the median home value is $164,200, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
Is Lusk town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lusk town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lusk town 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.