Town · Platte County, Wyoming

Wheatland, Wyoming

Wheatland is a town in Platte County, Wyoming. It has 3,550 residents. Wheatland, Wyoming has a quality-of-life score of 60 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,268 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wyoming it ranks #36 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on average commute time (low), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and restaurants and bars (high). It ranks worst on uninsured residents (under 65) (high), distance to an airport (high) and traffic deaths (high).

60Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,268 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wyoming: #36 of 56 in WY
Population: 3,550 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 863.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 5683040

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.

Safety45#8,574/15,637
Economy58#6,588/15,631
Housing85#2,284/14,977
Health35#10,162/15,609
Healthcare23#12,022/15,650
Environment50#7,753/15,453
Education86#2,141/15,649
Infrastructure30#10,931/15,650
Community82#2,758/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,278/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Average commute time · low9.3 min
100/100Wyoming 18.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.0 µg/m³
99/100Wyoming 4.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPlatte County value
Restaurants and bars · high24.3 /10k
99/100Wyoming 12.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPlatte County value
Median Air Quality Index · low15
99/100Wyoming 372025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPlatte County value
Public libraries · high4.7 /10k
99/100Wyoming 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPlatte County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Wyoming 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPlatte County value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high36.3%
1/100Wyoming 12.5%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Distance to an airport · high156 mi
2/100Wyoming 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPlatte County value
Traffic deaths · high41.7 /100k
3/100Wyoming 21.4 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataPlatte County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Wyoming 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPlatte County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high141 mi
5/100Wyoming 173 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPlatte County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Wyoming 37.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlatte County value

Trends

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

Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
14.7% (2015-2019) → 36.3% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.5 /1k (2021) → 1.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−75%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.8× (2015-2019) → 4.4× (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeImproving
28.7% (2015-2019) → 19.1% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeImproving
17.4 min (2015-2019) → 9.3 min (2020-2024)
−46%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.5% (2015-2019) → 37.5% (2020-2024)
−9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Wheatland, Wyoming improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 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.

Improved1

Commute−8.1 min17.4 min → 9.3 min

Declined2

Uninsured+22 points14.7% → 36.3%
Price / income+1.6×2.8× → 4.4×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Wheatland, Wyoming between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.4 min2015-2019	9.3 min2020-2024	−8.1 min	Improved	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Broadband subscriptions	74.3%2015-2019	78.0%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	92.3%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+1.6×	Declined	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4912015-2019	0.4462020-2024	−0.045	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$60,0612015-2019	$58,7502020-2024	−2.2%	Within the margin of error	6%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−9.6 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.7%2015-2019	36.3%2020-2024	+22 points	Declined	0%

“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 Wheatland, Wyoming five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wheatland, 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, Wheatland, Wyoming itself moved −1.1 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

3,550 residents (±19)

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

1,564 households (±209)

Wheatland, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $25k23%†365
$25k–50k16%†252
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,564 households (±209)

Wheatland, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Own62%972
Rent38%†592

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−12.0 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

1,656 workers (±286)

Wheatland, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Drive alone83%1,370
Carpool9.4%†155
Public transit0.0%0

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 Platte County, the county holding most of Wheatland's residents.

Platte County has 269 employer establishments, 313 for every 10,000 residents (1.26× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Wyoming's), with 2,058 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,501. The Census Bureau also counts 831 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 269; 831 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 313; US 248 · Wyoming 408
Paid employees: 2,058
Average annual pay: $52,501; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	19	22.1	1.20×About typical	164	$16,659	—
Specialty trade contractors	18	20.9	1.35×More than typical	85	$53,776	59
Religious organizations	14	16.3	2.93×More than typical	33	$18,545	—
Full-service restaurants	13	15.1	1.97×More than typical	101	$19,158	—
Building equipment contractors	11	12.8	2.12×More than typical	35	$48,943	7
Construction of buildings	10	11.6	1.54×More than typical	30	$37,533	22
Gasoline stations	10	11.6	3.59×More than typical	91	$26,747	—
Truck transportation	10	11.6	2.30×More than typical	69	$61,449	27
Traveler accommodation	9	10.5	5.80×Too few to compare	115	$21,513	4
Banks and credit unions	8	9.3	2.88×Too few to compare	100	$58,640	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	9.3	2.12×Too few to compare	17	$46,765	12
Ambulatory health care services	7	8.1	0.39×Too few to compare	44	$43,432	30

Rank places for an industry Open Platte County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,604 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: Wheatland is mostly in Platte County.

See federal money in Platte 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.

Wheatland, 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.

Platte County68100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Platte 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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