Scores by category

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

Safety43#8,927/15,637
Economy74#3,996/15,631
Housing94#866/14,977
Health43#8,968/15,609
Healthcare43#8,849/15,650
Environment99#139/15,453
Education81#2,957/15,649
Infrastructure72#4,377/15,650
Community22#12,170/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,118/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lyman, Wyoming ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Uinta 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

Hot days · low0 days
100/100Wyoming 10 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationUinta County value
Median Air Quality Index · low9
99/100Wyoming 372025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyUinta County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,140 /100k
99/100Wyoming 2,490 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUinta County value
Child care cost burden · low17.6%
99/100Wyoming 22.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUinta County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.9 µg/m³
97/100Wyoming 4.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2019Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyUinta County value
High school diploma or higher · high95.0%
95/100Wyoming 94.2%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Wyoming 74%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAUinta County value
Distance to an emergency room · high27.8 mi
1/100Wyoming 15.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesUinta County value
Social associations · low2.4 /10k
1/100Wyoming 13.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUinta County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Wyoming 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsUinta County value
Suicide rate · high27.8 /100k
5/100Wyoming 30.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataUinta County value
Mammography screening · low35.0%
8/100Wyoming 40.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUinta County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,285 (2015-2019) → 1,858 (2020-2024)
−19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Public transit commutersWorsening
9.8% (2015-2019) → 1.8% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Child poverty rateImproving
8.3% (2015-2019) → 2.3% (2020-2024)
−6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$82,083 (2015-2019) → $101,190 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
39.3% (2015-2019) → 43.9% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Lyman, Wyoming improved on 0 of 8 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Lyman, Wyoming between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.0 min2015-2019	25.8 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Within the margin of error	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	91.2%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.39%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	95.0%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4062015-2019	0.4132020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$82,0832015-2019	$101,1902020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	40%

“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 Lyman, Wyoming five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lyman, 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, Lyman, Wyoming itself moved −3.5 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,858 residents (±477)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (−4.7 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,858 residents (±477)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

White86%1,593
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino9.4%†175

Education

1,072 residents (±275)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

No high school diploma5.0%†54
High school or GED21%†229
Some college36%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

568 households (±146)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $25k11%†60
$25k–50k10%†57
$50k–75k14%†77
$75k–100k14%†80
$100k–150k20%†114
$150k–200k18%†104
$200k or more13%†76

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

568 households (±146)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Own77%439
Rent23%†129

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.6 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

123 households (±76)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $75018%†22
$750–1,0000.8%†1
$1,000–1,50081%†100

Home values

439 homes (±122)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $150k13%†56
$150k–250k25%†108
$250k–400k37%†162

Age of homes

677 homes (±147)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

2010 or later17%†115
2000–20099.9%†67
1980–199938%†257

Size of homes

677 homes (±147)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Studio1.0%†7
1 bedroom5.0%†34
2 bedrooms4.4%†30

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

658 workers (±201)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Drive alone66%†434
Carpool23%†151
Public transit1.8%†12
Walk2.4%†16
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.2%†41
Other0.6%†4

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Public transit (−8.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

617 workers (±190)

Lyman, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under 15 min43%†264
15–29 min7.5%†46
30–44 min23%†144

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Evanston, WY-UT

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 Uinta County, the county holding most of Lyman's residents.

Uinta County has 566 employer establishments, 274 for every 10,000 residents (1.10× the US rate of 248; 0.67× Wyoming's), with 5,835 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,645. The Census Bureau also counts 1,625 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 566; 1,625 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 274; US 248 · Wyoming 408
Paid employees: 5,835
Average annual pay: $53,645; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	54	26.1	1.25×More than typical	493	$49,371	77
Specialty trade contractors	48	23.2	1.50×More than typical	554	$85,673	124
Restaurants and other eating places	34	16.4	0.89×About typical	468	$16,868	4
Lessors of real estate	26	12.6	1.02×About typical	66	$30,727	170
Truck transportation	26	12.6	2.48×More than typical	152	$68,849	49
Offices of other health practitioners	20	9.7	1.59×More than typical	65	$40,492	39
Other specialty trade contractors	20	9.7	3.85×More than typical	344	$84,439	42
Management, scientific and technical consulting	18	8.7	1.30×More than typical	127	$159,945	39
Gasoline stations	17	8.2	2.53×More than typical	298	$36,671	—
Limited-service restaurants	17	8.2	1.02×About typical	305	$15,000	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	15	7.2	1.08×About typical	37	$19,703	102
Construction of buildings	14	6.8	0.89×About typical	39	$44,897	53

Rank places for an industry Open Uinta County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,693 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lyman, Wyoming: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017
-240.2FY2018
561.8FY2019

What was bought

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 Lyman, Wyoming, so they do not add up across cities.

Lyman, Wyoming's figures are part of those of Uinta County, WY ($1.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Uinta 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.

Lyman, 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.

Uinta County79100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Evanston, WY-UT74

Other cities and towns in Uinta 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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