City safety & data profile
Green RiverWY
Green River, WY is a 12K-resident city in Sweetwater County with a median household income of $84,747.
Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Green River, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Green River has a population larger than 15% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $263,400.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 12K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 16%
- By size
- $84,747
- Median income (place)
- $263,400
- Median home (place)
- 9.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Green River
Green River posts a median household income higher than 55% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Top 45%
- by median income, US cities
Where Green River income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$84,747 Top 45% higher than 55% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in WY
Population among 10 WY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Cheyenne
Cheyenne, WY
65,132 residents
- Casper
Casper, WY
60,285 residents
- Gillette
Gillette, WY
32,649 residents
- Laramie
Laramie, WY
32,158 residents
- Rock Springs 23,962
Rock Springs, WY
23,962 residents
- Sheridan 17,873
Sheridan, WY
17,873 residents
- Green River 12,465
Green River, WY
12,465 residents
- Evanston 12,133
Evanston, WY
12,133 residents
- Riverton 10,873
Riverton, WY
10,873 residents
- Jackson 10,523
Jackson, WY
10,523 residents
What this shows Cheyenne is the largest WY city on this list; Jackson leads median income.
Highest median incomes in WY
Median household income among the same 10-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Jackson
Jackson, WY
$118,991 median
- Green River
Green River, WY
$84,747 median
- Gillette
Gillette, WY
$81,316 median
- Cheyenne
Cheyenne, WY
$78,839 median
- Evanston
Evanston, WY
$76,516 median
- Casper
Casper, WY
$70,218 median
- Rock Springs
Rock Springs, WY
$69,168 median
- Sheridan
Sheridan, WY
$62,867 median
- Laramie
Laramie, WY
$55,613 median
- Riverton
Riverton, WY
$55,208 median
What this shows Jackson posts the highest place-level median income in WY; Cheyenne is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Green River, WY beyond the headline numbers
Green River sits inside Sweetwater County, Wyoming, at roughly 41.53°N, -109.47°W. Population 12,465, $84,747 median household income. Median home value $263,400, median rent $921. Poverty rate 9.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
At 9.3%, poverty in Green River, WY runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Green River runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 6.6% of Green River workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 15.5% in Green River, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
5% of Green River workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Green River from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Sweetwater County): Green River's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 9.3% -25% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 23% |
| Work From Home | 6.6% |
| Public Transit | 5% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Green River?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Green River right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WY-GREEN-RIVER · Green River
Green River: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Green River; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wyoming state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Green River, both outside Wyoming so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WY (9.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WY ($84,747 here).
Compare Green River with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Green River's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Green River area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Green River against Wyoming peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wyoming
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sweetwater County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.