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Alpine Northeast is a tiny town of 355 people in Lincoln County, Wyoming. It's about 56 miles from Idaho Falls, ID and 174 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 98 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $937k and rent runs about $960 a month.
355people
$937kTypical home
$960/moRent
80° / 27°Summer / winter
98"Snow
223Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 355
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 70 people per sq mi
- 174 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 56 mi to Idaho Falls, ID
- 22 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $937k (≈$5,906/mo)
- Median rent $960/mo
- Median household income $159k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (92 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 98" of snow a year
- 32 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 59 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (54 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (137 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 24% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 41 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to JAC airport
- 174 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 208 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2004
- 75% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 6,506 ft
- 620 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 22 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 50 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 23 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 14% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 24 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 60 mi to the nearest dog park
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lincoln County: R+68 in 2024
- Wyoming: R+46 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.