Editor’s Note: This is not investment advice, and we are not financial advisers.
Suppose real estate is the most significant investment a majority of people make in their lifetime. In that case, it’s best to understand the places in Wyoming with best potential return on investment.
After working in real estate adjacent roles for over a decade, I had the hypothesis that the best place to buy for a return on investment would be up-and-coming cities. Smaller cities where crime might be high now, but people still move to.
To test my hypothesis, we are going to look at places in Wyoming that are growing faster than average, but where home prices are below average, and crime rates are higher than average.
In everyday terms, these might be “deals”. The best deal in Wyoming at the moment according to Saturday Night Science? That would be Powell.
0.6% population growth · -0.9% home price growth
Located in
Park County, Wyoming
Powell is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,314 at the 2010 census. Powell is an All-America City and home to Northwest College.
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0.3% population growth · -3.1% home price growth
Located in
Converse County, Wyoming
Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,120 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Converse County and the home of the Wyoming State Fair.
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0.1% population growth · -3.1% home price growth
Located in
Goshen County, Wyoming
Torrington is a city in, and the county seat of, Goshen County, Wyoming United States. The population was 6,501 at the 2010 census.
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-1.8% population growth · 2.2% home price growth
Located in
Fremont County, Wyoming
Lander is a city in, and the county seat of, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Named for transcontinental explorer Frederick W. Lander, Lander is located in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. A tourism center with several dude ranches nearby, Lander is located just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The population was 7,487 at the 2010 census.
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-1.1% population growth · -1.1% home price growth
Located in
Carbon County, Wyoming
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1.5% population growth · -3.6% home price growth
Located in
Park County, Wyoming
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0.1% population growth · 1.0% home price growth
Located in
Teton County, Wyoming
Jackson is a town in the Jackson Hole valley of Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 9,577 at the 2010 census, up from 8,647 in 2000. It is the county seat of Teton County and is its largest town.
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0.5% population growth · 1.9% home price growth
Located in
Fremont County, Wyoming
Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. The city’s population was 10,615 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in the county overall.
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-0.0% population growth · 2.6% home price growth
Located in
Uinta County, Wyoming
Evanston is a city in and the county seat of Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 12,359 at the 2010 census. It is located on the border with Utah.
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-0.8% population growth · -2.3% home price growth
Located in
Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Green River is a city in and the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 12,515 at the 2010 census.
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Saturday Night Science
Methodology: How do you determine the best places to buy a home in Wyoming for 2026?
We were in real estate for almost five years and have worked on this site for over a decade. Suffice it to say we’ve put a lot of thought into finding an excellent place to buy a home.
So all that thinking has come to this moment where we get to spell out how we’d approach finding an up-and-coming place to live in Wyoming. Put differently, the analysis will try to find places in Wyoming with undervalued homes relative to pent-up demand using Saturday Night Science.
To do that, we looked at the most recent American Community Survey Census data for 2020-2024 and compared it to the previous vintage. Specifically, we used the following criteria:
- Y-o-Y Change In Population (People want to live here)
- Y-o-Y Change In Median Home Prices (People are willing to pay for it)
- Home Prices Relative To The State Average (It’s still kinda cheap)
We want places that are growing, have seen home prices increase in recent years, and are still “cheap” for Wyoming, with these caveats: home prices had to be within 20% of the state average, home prices increased in the last year, and the city had above 6,000 people.
So of the 188 cities and towns in Wyoming, only 16 places made it through our initial filters to even be considered.
We then ranked each place from 1 to 16 for the above criteria, with 1 being the best. We averaged the rankings to create a “best place to buy” index, with the place having the lowest index being the best.
Turns out that Powell is the best potential gem in the not-so-rough in the Equality State.
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Best Places To Buy A Home In Wyoming
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| Rank | City | Population | Median Home Price | Population Change | Home Price Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powell | 6,503 | $406,431 | 0.6% | -0.9% |
| 2 | Douglas | 6,420 | $310,551 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 3 | Torrington | 6,182 | $230,286 | 0.1% | -3.1% |
| 4 | Lander | 7,432 | $369,881 | -1.8% | 2.2% |
| 5 | Rawlins | 8,129 | $190,808 | -1.1% | -1.1% |
| 6 | Cody | 10,276 | $458,576 | 1.5% | -3.6% |
| 7 | Jackson | 10,756 | $1,932,344 | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| 8 | Riverton | 10,856 | $259,336 | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| 9 | Evanston | 11,800 | $310,067 | -0.0% | 2.6% |
| 10 | Green River | 11,581 | $291,843 | -0.8% | -2.3% |
| 11 | Sheridan | 19,285 | $432,885 | 1.3% | 1.7% |
| 12 | Rock Springs | 23,127 | $287,179 | -0.4% | -3.4% |
| 13 | Gillette | 33,431 | $328,380 | 0.5% | -1.4% |
| 14 | Laramie | 32,234 | $372,386 | 1.2% | -0.1% |
| 15 | Casper | 58,839 | $306,618 | 0.1% | 2.4% |
| 16 | Cheyenne | 65,239 | $387,234 | 0.4% | 2.6% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024 via Saturday Night Science. 16 Wyoming cities cleared the filters.
Summary
Summary: The Best Places To Purchase A House In Wyoming for 2026
There’s our analysis of the best places to buy a house in Wyoming. And, to be clear, we aren’t necessarily saying these places are the best places to live, just that it looks like they might be in a couple of years based on the data.
In fact, every place in the following table meets our criteria, so even though it may not look super long, remember we started off with all 188 places in the state.
The best cities to buy a house in Wyoming are Powell, Douglas, Torrington, Lander, Rawlins, Cody, Jackson, Riverton, Evanston, and Green River.
So if we could rent or buy in these cities, we’d definitely buy.
