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Alpine is a small town of 1,222 people in Lincoln County, Wyoming. It's about 56 miles from Idaho Falls, ID and 171 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 99 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $622k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,222people
$622kTypical home
$1,313/moRent
82° / 29°Summer / winter
99"Snow
223Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,222
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,209 people per sq mi
- 171 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 56 mi to Idaho Falls, ID
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $622k (≈$3,920/mo)
- Median rent $1,313/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 29°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
- 99" of snow a year
- 32 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 60 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 34
- 31% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 34 mi to JAC airport
- 171 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 206 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 5,784 ft
- 621 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 24 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 25 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 14% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 60 mi to the nearest dog park
- 57 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