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Purple Sage is a tiny town of 489 people in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. It's about 131 miles from Logan, UT and 146 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 35 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $251k and rent runs about $892 a month.
489people
$251kTypical home
$892/moRent
86° / 33°Summer / winter
35"Snow
256Sunny days
62Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 489
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,430 people per sq mi
- 146 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 131 mi to Logan, UT
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $251k (≈$1,585/mo)
- Median rent $892/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 36°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 62 days a year with rain or snow
- 35" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 41 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (154 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (826 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 25% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to RKS airport
- 148 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 152 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 34% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 6,234 ft
- 688 mi to the ocean
- 20 mi to a big lake
- 53 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 86 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 32 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 141 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 13% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 76 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 93 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sweetwater County: R+53 in 2024
- Wyoming: R+46 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Limited data: this place is small enough that most of its Census numbers (rent, home value, income, age) are blended with county figures. Treat its match as a rough guide.