Living in La Barge, WY
La Barge is a tiny town of 337 people in Lincoln County, Wyoming. It's about 92 miles from Logan, UT and 136 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 30°F, with about 34 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $208k and rent runs about $960 a month.
337people
$208kTypical home
$960/moRent
83° / 30°Summer / winter
34"Snow
262Sunny days
46Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 337
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 358 people per sq mi
- 136 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 92 mi to Logan, UT
- 64 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $208k (≈$1,314/mo)
- Median rent $960/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 30°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
- 46 days a year with rain or snow
- 34" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 100 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (54 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (137 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 28% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 74 mi to RKS airport
- 137 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 160 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 6,601 ft
- 662 mi to the ocean
- 57 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 34 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 89 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 20 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 46 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 81 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 57 mi to the nearest dog park
- 90 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.