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Baggs is a tiny town of 443 people in Carbon County, Wyoming. It's about 140 miles from Fort Collins, CO and 170 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 31 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $172k and rent runs about $697 a month.
443people
$172kTypical home
$697/moRent
87° / 32°Summer / winter
31"Snow
253Sunny days
39Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 443
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 877 people per sq mi
- 170 mi to Denver, CO
- 140 mi to Fort Collins, CO
- 58 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $172k (≈$1,086/mo)
- Median rent $697/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 39°F)
- 253 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 112 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 39 days a year with rain or snow
- 31" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 55 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (124 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (766 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 37% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 45 mi to HDN airport
- 177 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 104 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 6,263 ft
- 736 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 36 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 57 mi to the nearest ski area
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 9 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 109 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 36 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 101 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 54 mi to the nearest vet
- 37 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 104 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Carbon County: R+58 in 2024
- Wyoming: R+46 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk