Census-designated place · Fremont County, Wyoming

Arapahoe, Wyoming

Arapahoe is a census-designated place in Fremont County, Wyoming, part of the Riverton, WY metro area. It has 1,240 residents. Arapahoe, Wyoming has a quality-of-life score of 34 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,371 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wyoming it ranks #53 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low), rent as share of income (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on uninsured residents (under 65) (high), firearm deaths (high) and adult smoking (high).

34Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,371 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wyoming: #53 of 56 in WY
Population: 1,240 (2020-2024)
Land area: 28 mi²
Density: 44.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 5603000

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety1#15,475/15,637
Economy25#11,763/15,631
Housing100#19/14,977
Health4#14,981/15,609
Healthcare23#12,076/15,650
Environment86#2,233/15,453
Education41#9,159/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,827/15,650
Community27#11,346/15,651
Leisure & amenities83#2,633/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Arapahoe, Wyoming ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fremont County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low3.8 µg/m³
100/100Wyoming 4.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFremont County value
Rent as share of income · low9.0%
100/100Wyoming 27.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At most this value: the publisher's bottom bracket is open-ended
Effective property tax rate · low0.22%
99/100Wyoming 0.53%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · low15.9 min
97/100Wyoming 18.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Students per teacher · low10.6×
96/100Wyoming 12.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsFremont County value
Hot days · low1 days
95/100Wyoming 10 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFremont County value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high35.5%
1/100Wyoming 12.5%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Firearm deaths · high35.2 /100k
1/100Wyoming 25.3 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFremont County value
Adult smoking · high25.8%
2/100Wyoming 15.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · high230 mi
2/100Wyoming 173 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauFremont County value
Suicide rate · high32.7 /100k
2/100Wyoming 30.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFremont County value
Injury deaths · high161 /100k
2/100Wyoming 101 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFremont County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,829 (2015-2019) → 1,240 (2020-2024)
−32%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.6% (2015-2019) → 80.5% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,125 (2015-2019) → $70,000 (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
18.9% (2015-2019) → 7.9% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
28.4% (2015-2019) → 18.1% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
18.7% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Arapahoe, Wyoming improved on 5 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Unemployment−7.6 points19.9% → 12.3%
Poverty−10 points28.4% → 18.1%
Broadband+23 points57.6% → 80.5%
Household income+62%$43,125 → $70,000
Rent / income−9.7 points18.7% → 9.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Arapahoe, Wyoming between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.9 min2015-2019	15.8 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	57.6%2015-2019	80.5%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	32.8%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Effective property tax rate	0.13%2015-2019	0.22%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	90.0%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$43,1252015-2019	$70,0002020-2024	+62%	Improved	92%
Poverty rate	28.4%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	93%
Rent as share of income	18.7%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−9.7 points	Improved	93%
Unemployment rate	19.9%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	−7.6 points	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	39.5%2015-2019	35.5%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Arapahoe, Wyoming five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Arapahoe, Wyoming in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Arapahoe, Wyoming itself moved +4.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,240 residents (±223)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

374 households (±55)

Arapahoe, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $25k15%†56
$25k–50k19%†72
$50k–75k21%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

374 households (±55)

Arapahoe, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Own72%270
Rent28%†104

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

501 workers (±107)

Arapahoe, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Drive alone67%334
Carpool16%†80
Public transit2.2%†11

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Riverton, WY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Fremont County, the county holding most of Arapahoe's residents.

Fremont County has 1,281 employer establishments, 322 for every 10,000 residents (1.30× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Wyoming's), with 10,022 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,860. The Census Bureau also counts 3,402 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,281; 3,402 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 322; US 248 · Wyoming 408
Paid employees: 10,022
Average annual pay: $44,860; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fremont County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	134	33.7	2.18×More than typical	433	$51,187	233
Ambulatory health care services	103	25.9	1.24×About typical	710	$61,396	249
Restaurants and other eating places	69	17.4	0.95×About typical	987	$18,492	11
Lessors of real estate	54	13.6	1.10×About typical	125	$40,648	445
Construction of buildings	47	11.8	1.56×More than typical	127	$45,071	116
Truck transportation	43	10.8	2.14×More than typical	174	$64,960	54
Management, scientific and technical consulting	41	10.3	1.54×More than typical	145	$65,283	122
Building equipment contractors	39	9.8	1.63×More than typical	158	$50,835	28
Offices of other health practitioners	39	9.8	1.61×More than typical	198	$52,045	72
Other specialty trade contractors	34	8.6	3.41×More than typical	125	$53,600	111
Services to buildings and dwellings	34	8.6	1.27×More than typical	58	$31,707	188
Automotive repair and maintenance	33	8.3	1.65×More than typical	117	$49,145	40

Rank places for an industry Open Fremont County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 39,754 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $299K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Arapahoe, Wyoming: $241 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $299K; −9.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $241; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$259.7K87%
Bureau of Reclamation$40.1K13%
Defense Logistics Agency$5,5781.9%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$9260.3%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$4720.2%
Forest Service$24.280.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

271.6KFY2017
1.4MFY2018
451.8KFY2019
774.6KFY2020
764.4KFY2021
457.4KFY2022
570KFY2023
448.3K

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$259.7K87%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$40.1K13%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$5,5781.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$9260.3%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$4720.2%
Support activities for animal production · 1152

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Arapahoe, Wyoming, so they do not add up across cities.

Arapahoe, Wyoming's figures are part of those of Fremont County, WY ($14.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Arapahoe is mostly in Fremont County.

See federal money in Fremont County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Arapahoe, Wyoming is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Harriet M. HagemanR-WY · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Fremont County59100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Riverton, WY54

Other cities and towns in Fremont County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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