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Rafter J Ranch is a small town of 1,293 people in Teton County, Wyoming. It's about 63 miles from Idaho Falls, ID and 192 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 85 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.3M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,293people
$1.3MTypical home
$2,422/moRent
80° / 27°Summer / winter
85"Snow
219Sunny days
123Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,293
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,959 people per sq mi
- 192 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 63 mi to Idaho Falls, ID
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.3M (≈$7,995/mo)
- Median rent $2,422/mo
- Median household income $161k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 219 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 146 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 123 days a year with rain or snow
- 85" of snow a year
- 29 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 67 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (90 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (308 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 55
- 25% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 66% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to JAC airport
- 192 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 226 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 6,070 ft
- 621 mi to the ocean
- 17 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 62 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 21% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 58 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Teton County: D+35 in 2024
- Wyoming: R+46 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate 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.