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Country around Saratoga is a rural area of about 2,250 people in Carbon County, Wyoming, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 103 miles from Casper, WY and 152 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 72 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $364k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,250people
$364kTypical home
$1,227/moRent
84° / 34°Summer / winter
72"Snow
251Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 2,250 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 4 people per sq mi
- 152 mi to Denver, CO
- 103 mi to Casper, WY
- 63 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $364k (≈$2,294/mo)
- Median rent $1,227/mo
- Median household income $96k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 251 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
- 114 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- 72" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 47 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 48
- 30% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 60 mi to LAR airport
- 155 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 102 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 6,936 ft
- 781 mi to the ocean
- 37 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 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
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 64 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 32% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 101 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 63 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 64 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