PlainZIP

Rock Springs, WY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rock Springs, WY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 27,971. 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 ROCK-SPRINGS-WY · Rock Springs, WY 1 ZIPs · 27,971 pop · #13277/25278 · Sweetwater County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $69,954
  • RANK-MID #13277/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Superior
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-SMALL 27,971
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $248,500

Nearest income peer: Superior, WY ( $1,918 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 Rock Springs

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rock Springs 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, Rock Springs, WY sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

47th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
27,971
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$69,954
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 $69,954 and poverty 15.1% concentrate in 82901.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rock Springs as a pure owner town.

Within Wyoming, Etna is the closest lower-income city and Baggs the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rock Springs.

Population concentration

Rock Springs's single ZIP 82901 carries the town

Rock Springs is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 82901 is the entire residential footprint (27,971 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Rock Springs's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 859 establishments, 8,783 employees , annual payroll $463,286k (~31 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 82901 (859 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (112) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Rock Springs, WY

These ZIP codes sit in Sweetwater County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rock Springs. See the Sweetwater County roll-up →

Rock Springs lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Sweetwater County: Green River, Farson and Mc Kinnon earn more and Wamsutter, Superior and Bairoil earn less. Mc Kinnon marks the far end of that range at $105,323, 51% above Rock Springs.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
82901 27,971 $69,954 859 8
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Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs, .