Census-designated place · Teton County, Wyoming

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming

Rafter J Ranch is a census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming, part of the Jackson, WY-ID metro area. It has 1,293 residents. Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming has a quality-of-life score of 100 out of 100 (very high), ranking #51 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wyoming it ranks #6 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), food insecurity (low) and life expectancy (high). It ranks worst on distance to an Amtrak station (high), comfortable days (low) and rent-burdened households (high).

100Very high

Quality-of-life score: #51 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wyoming: #6 of 56 in WY
Population: 1,293 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,959.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 5663100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety89#1,690/15,637
Economy100#8/15,631
Housing36#9,618/14,977
Health99#142/15,609
Healthcare82#2,747/15,650
Environment93#1,146/15,453
Education100#20/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,720/15,650
Community100#7/15,651
Leisure & amenities100#6/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Teton 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

Poverty rate · low0.0%
100/100Wyoming 10.0%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Food insecurity · low4.8%
100/100Wyoming 10.3%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · high88.8 yrs
100/100Wyoming 76.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTeton County value
Premature death · low3,532 /100k
100/100Wyoming 8,694 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTeton County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high43.3 /10k
100/100Wyoming 8.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTeton County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high4.7 /10k
100/100Wyoming 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTeton County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high197 mi
3/100Wyoming 173 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTeton County value
Comfortable days · low22.1%
3/100Wyoming 24.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTeton County value
Rent-burdened households · high100.0%
7/100Wyoming 43.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · high7.9×
10/100Wyoming 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
10/100Wyoming 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTeton County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Wyoming 16.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTeton County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,750 (2015-2019) → 1,293 (2020-2024)
−26%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
20.7% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+79 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.8% (2015-2019) → 39.6% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$108,750 (2015-2019) → $160,705 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.381 (2015-2019) → 0.300 (2020-2024)
−21%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Poverty rateImproving
3.8% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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 11 measures

Change of every measure of Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%2015-2019	67.3%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Broadband subscriptions	92.2%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	10%
High school diploma or higher	97.9%2015-2019	97.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	7.4×2015-2019	7.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3812015-2019	0.3002020-2024	−0.081	Within the margin of error	93%
Median household income	$108,7502015-2019	$160,7052020-2024	+48%	Within the margin of error	83%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.8%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	49%

“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 Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rafter J Ranch, 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, Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming itself moved −13.1 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

1,293 residents (±388)

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: 50–59 women (−10.6 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,293 residents (±388)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

White97%†1,250
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

1,072 residents (±312)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

No high school diploma2.1%†23
High school or GED24%†253
Some college7.0%†

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

599 households (±173)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $25k6.2%†37
$25k–50k6.5%†39
$50k–75k7.5%†45
$75k–100k0.0%0
$100k–150k22%†130
$150k–200k46%†273
$200k or more13%†75

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+40.7 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 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

599 households (±173)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Own76%†458
Rent24%†141

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

141 households (±124)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

458 homes (±154)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

625 homes (±183)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

2010 or later9.4%†59
2000–20095.1%†32
1980–199976%†474

Size of homes

625 homes (±183)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.9%†37
2 bedrooms29%†182

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

683 workers (±268)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Drive alone67%†457
Carpool24%†165
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.9%†61
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

622 workers (±273)

Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under 15 min53%†330
15–29 min44%†275
30–44 min2.7%†17

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 Jackson, WY-ID

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 Teton County, the county holding most of Rafter J Ranch's residents.

Teton County has 2,390 employer establishments, 1,023 for every 10,000 residents (4.12× the US rate of 248; 2.51× Wyoming's), with 20,220 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,550. The Census Bureau also counts 6,649 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,390; 6,649 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 1,023; US 248 · Wyoming 408
Paid employees: 20,220
Average annual pay: $63,550; US $68,342

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

Lessors of real estate	216	92.5	7.51×More than typical	702	$81,699	1,604
Specialty trade contractors	180	77.1	4.98×More than typical	1,213	$74,558	251
Construction of buildings	139	59.5	7.87×More than typical	1,156	$84,347	126
Management, scientific and technical consulting	134	57.4	8.55×More than typical	391	$127,010	526
Ambulatory health care services	106	45.4	2.18×More than typical	526	$71,835	236
Services to buildings and dwellings	106	45.4	6.73×More than typical	587	$62,877	204
Real estate agents and brokers	102	43.7	8.97×More than typical	365	$96,737	135
Restaurants and other eating places	83	35.5	1.94×More than typical	2,138	$37,871	7
Legal services	77	33	6.13×More than typical	182	$99,247	79
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	72	30.8	11.6×More than typical	2,497	$31,188	91
Other amusement and recreation industries	72	30.8	12.7×More than typical	2,497	$31,188	88
Building equipment contractors	60	25.7	4.27×More than typical	550	$69,816	24

Rank places for an industry Open Teton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,354 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Rafter J Ranch is mostly in Teton County.

See federal money in Teton 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.

Rafter J Ranch, 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.

Teton County100100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Jackson, WY-ID100

Other cities and towns in Teton 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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