PlainZIP

Ranchester, WY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ranchester, WY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,153. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RANCHESTER-WY · Ranchester, WY 1 ZIPs · 1,153 pop · #18878/25278 · Sheridan County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $57,708
  • RANK-LOWER #18878/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Leiter
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,153
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $385,900

Nearest income peer: Leiter, WY ( $3,177 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Ranchester

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ranchester on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ranchester, WY sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

25th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,153
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,708
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $57,708 and poverty 12.9% concentrate in 82839.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ranchester as a pure owner town.

Within Wyoming, Wamsutter is the closest lower-income city and Elk Mountain the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ranchester.

Population concentration

Ranchester reads through its lone ZIP, 82839

1,153 ACS residents, one ZIP: 82839 is not the leading code inside Ranchester, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Ranchester's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 32 establishments, 113 employees , annual payroll $4,002k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 82839 (32 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (9) · also Retail trade · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Ranchester, WY

These ZIP codes sit in Sheridan County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ranchester. See the Sheridan County roll-up →

Ranchester sits in the lower half of Sheridan County on income: Sheridan, Dayton and Story report more, and only Leiter reports less. Arvada marks the far end of that range at $127,500, 121% above Ranchester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
82839 1,153 $57,708 32 4
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Ranchester roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Ranchester, .