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Wilson is a small town of 1,113 people in Teton County, Wyoming. It's about 56 miles from Idaho Falls, ID and 194 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 21°F, with about 97 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,113people
$2.0MTypical home
$1,904/moRent
75° / 21°Summer / winter
97"Snow
219Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,113
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 48 people per sq mi
- 194 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 56 mi to Idaho Falls, ID
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $1,904/mo
- Median household income $133k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 21°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
- 144 days a year with rain or snow
- 97" of snow a year
- 32 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 71 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 48
- 27% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 74% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 15% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to JAC airport
- 193 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 228 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 7,701 ft
- 614 mi to the ocean
- 14 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 74 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
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 21% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 51 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 49 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
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.