Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety48#478/924
Economy99#8/925
Housing46#504/925
Health67#305/925
Healthcare14#793/923
Environment52#439/917
Education50#464/925
Infrastructure75#230/925
Community38#571/925
Leisure & amenities41#543/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Gillette, WY micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low15.1%
100/100Wyoming 22.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Child poverty rate · low7.3%
97/100Wyoming 10.2%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.409
95/100Wyoming 0.454United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Median household income · high$89,869
92/100Wyoming $76,975United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Food insecurity · low11.6%
91/100Wyoming 10.3%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · low1,841 /100k
88/100Wyoming 2,490 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low20.5%
0/100Wyoming 24.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high263 mi
1/100Wyoming 173 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Distance to an airport · high184 mi
2/100Wyoming 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high33.7 /100k
3/100Wyoming 30.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · high20.7 mi
3/100Wyoming 15.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
8/100Wyoming 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 64% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−36 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New homes permittedWorsening
2.2 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−71%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
New business applicationsImproving
10.0 /1k (2020) → 15.9 /1k (2025)
+60%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.7% (2015-2019) → 49.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
45.0% (2019) → 34.0% (2023)
−11 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

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, Gillette, WY micropolitan area improved on 12 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 5 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Child poverty−7.8 points15.1% → 7.3%
Bachelor's++3.8 points19.5% → 23.3%
Firearm deaths−16%27.6 /100k → 23.2 /100k
New businesses+60%10.0 /1k → 15.9 /1k
Homicides−39%5.6 /100k → 3.4 /100k

Declined8

Rent / income+6.1 points23.9% → 30.0%
Uninsured+3.6 points11.4% → 14.9%
Rent burden+11 points38.7% → 49.9%
Traffic deaths+51%12.6 /100k → 19.0 /100k
Restaurants−11%11.0 /10k → 9.8 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Gillette, WY micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−2.1%	Little change	25%
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	86%
Average weekly wage	$1,1232020	$1,3272025	+18%	Improved	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	74%
Broadband subscriptions	87.0%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	7%
Child poverty rate	15.1%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Improved	90%
Distance to an airport	183 mi2020	183 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	13.1 /100k2020	12.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−2.3%	Little change	30%
Effective property tax rate	0.54%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Firearm deaths	27.6 /100k2020	23.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Improved	77%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−2.1%	Little change	42%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−2.1%	Little change	35%
High school diploma or higher	93.0%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	63%
Homicide rate	5.6 /100k2020	3.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−39%	Improved	66%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,9452019	$70,2552024	+23%	Improved	4%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3962015-2019	0.4092020-2024	+0.014	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$78,8332015-2019	$89,8692020-2024	+14%	Improved	4%
New business applications	10.0 /1k2020	15.9 /1k2025	+60%	Improved	70%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−22%	Declined	16%
Poverty rate	12.0%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Property crime rate	1,570 /100k2020	1,095 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	42%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−3.5%	Little change	34%
Rent as share of income	23.9%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Declined	2%
Rent-burdened households	38.7%2015-2019	49.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	3%
Restaurants and bars	11.0 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	10%
Suicide rate	29.7 /100k2020	33.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Declined	33%
Traffic deaths	12.6 /100k2015-2019	19.0 /100k2020-2024	+51%	Declined	6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	3.3%2025	−3.3 points	Improved	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Declined	2%
Violent crime rate	219 /100k2020	196 /100k2025	−11%	Improved	41%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Gillette, WY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gillette, WY micropolitan area 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, Gillette, WY micropolitan area itself moved −5.6 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

47,240 residents

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

17,988 households (±456)

Gillette, WY micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k12%2,181
$25k–50k13%2,428
$50k–75k16%2,825

Homes

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

Owners and renters

17,988 households (±456)

Gillette, WY micropolitan area
United States share

Own78%13,971
Rent22%4,017

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

23,458 workers (±859)

Gillette, WY micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone78%18,303
Carpool12%2,777
Public transit0.7%†170

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 no occupation wages for Gillette, WY micropolitan area.

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.

Gillette, WY has 1,512 employer establishments, 318 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248), with 19,308 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,767. The Census Bureau also counts 3,840 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,512; 3,840 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 318; US 248
Paid employees: 19,308
Average annual pay: $69,767; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	116	24.4	1.57×More than typical	930	$75,631	258
Ambulatory health care services	94	19.8	0.95×About typical	600	$70,075	134
Restaurants and other eating places	83	17.4	0.95×About typical	1,754	$21,775	16
Lessors of real estate	69	14.5	1.18×About typical	145	$33,297	576
Truck transportation	57	12	2.37×More than typical	298	$72,930	108
Automotive repair and maintenance	54	11.3	2.25×More than typical	230	$48,778	65
Building equipment contractors	45	9.5	1.57×More than typical	443	$78,763	34
Construction of buildings	42	8.8	1.17×About typical	311	$83,080	87
Services to buildings and dwellings	42	8.8	1.31×More than typical	233	$37,412	149
Full-service restaurants	36	7.6	0.99×About typical	904	$22,257	6
Offices of other health practitioners	36	7.6	1.25×About typical	215	$52,423	74
Real estate agents and brokers	34	7.1	1.47×More than typical	44	$44,705	72

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 47,580 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.2M on contracts performed in Gillette, WY micropolitan area: $25.47 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2M; +13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $25.47; US $1,994
Sole-source: 4.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$1.1M90%
Defense Logistics Agency$135.6K11%

Top recipients

CAMPBELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT$881.6K72%
BJF GROUP JV LLC$161.4K13%
EQUALITY STATE FARMS LLC$135.6K11%
CAMPBELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT$58.2K4.7%
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

108KFY2017
446.4KFY2018
327.2KFY2019
907.6KFY2020
1.2MFY2021
161.9KFY2022
225.9KFY2023
462.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$881.6K72%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$161.4K13%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$135.6K11%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$58.2K4.7%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$7,3670.6%

Largest awards

AMBULANCE SERVICES$881.6K
CAMPBELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT· Campbell County, WY· Transportation & logistics· May 15, 2026 – May 15, 2026· 36C25926N0349
666-26-121 GILLETTE SMALL UPGRADE PROJECT$161.4K
BJF GROUP JV LLC· Campbell County, WY· Construction & real property· Feb 3, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 36C25926C0022
RAWS BATTERY PURCHASE, 2024, OY2$48.8K
TD DRAGON LLC· Campbell County, WY· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 3, 2024 – Jan 9, 2026· 140L3724F0176
UPS MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE DANVILLE VA IN DANVILLE IL$20.8K

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $281.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Gillette, WY micropolitan area: $5,850 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $281.7M; +7.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,850; US $12,955
Loan face value: $63.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$161.9M57%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$26.2M9.3%

Counties in Gillette, WY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Campbell CountyCentral county6548,145

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

GillettePrincipal city33,431

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Wyoming

Areas based in Wyoming, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Sheridan, WY92

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like Gillette, WY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Counties in Gillette, WY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Wyoming

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined8

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

What was bought

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates