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Saratoga is a small town of 1,740 people in Carbon County, Wyoming. It's about 99 miles from Casper, WY and 155 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 77 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $296k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,740people
$296kTypical home
$1,136/moRent
84° / 34°Summer / winter
77"Snow
251Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,740
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 512 people per sq mi
- 155 mi to Denver, CO
- 99 mi to Casper, WY
- 63 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $296k (≈$1,869/mo)
- Median rent $1,136/mo
- Median household income $85k
- 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
- 77" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 45 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (145 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (538 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 29% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 60 mi to LAR airport
- 157 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 105 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 6,802 ft
- 784 mi to the ocean
- 34 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 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)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 103 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 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