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Casper, WY
Casper, WY
Casper, WY
Casper, WY
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gross metro product
$5.2B
population
79.1K
median household income
$63,199
median home price
$236,000
cost of living
2% below nat'l avg
college attainment
24.2%
net migration
-50 (year: 2018)
unemployment
4%
major industries
Financial services, Energy
job growth
0.9% (year: 2018)
As of October 2019
population
60.0K
median home price
$201,000
As of August 2018
Casper is nicknamed The Oil City and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture, dating back to development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil Field. Casper is home to Casper College, a community college, and the University of Wyoming. The city has a number of museums including Fort Caspar Museum and National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, a federally funded and operated museum. The development of coal and uranium fields in recent decades has helped Casper continue its role as a center in the energy industry.
High plains river city of 60,000, 280 miles north of Denver. Median home price $201,000. Cost of living at national average. PROS: High rank on Milken Institutes list of best cities for successful aging. Good air quality. Low serious crime rate. No state income tax, no state estate/inheritance tax. CONS: Physicians per capita below national average. Cold winters. NOTED: Elevation 5,200 feet. TRIVIA: Named for a fallen soldier.
Sources: Moody's Analytics; Sperling's BestPlaces; U.S. Census.
Numbers as of October 2019
a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a median-priced single-family home. An index above 100 signifies that the family has surplus income.
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