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Big Piney is a tiny town of 575 people in Sublette County, Wyoming. It's about 104 miles from Logan, UT and 154 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 47 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $197k and rent runs about $939 a month.
575people
$197kTypical home
$939/moRent
82° / 27°Summer / winter
47"Snow
262Sunny days
65Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 575
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,132 people per sq mi
- 154 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 104 mi to Logan, UT
- 72 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $197k (≈$1,242/mo)
- Median rent $939/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 262 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 103 cloudy days a year
- 31 of 90 winter days are gray
- 65 days a year with rain or snow
- 47" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 102 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (57 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (305 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 27% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 80 mi to JAC airport
- 154 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 179 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 6,844 ft
- 674 mi to the ocean
- 64 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 22 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no 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
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 73 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 35 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 64 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 62 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 92 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sublette County: R+61 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