HomeWyomingSheridan CountyRanchester town
Ranchester town, Wyoming: commercial real estate data.
Ranchester town is a Census town of 1,277 people across 0.71 square miles of land, in Sheridan County. Median household income is $69,464, 83.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $80,000.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections
Ranchester
What Ranchester is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.71 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,800 plus or minus 488
- County holding the largest share of its areaSheridan County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ranchester
How many people live in Ranchester
- Population1,277 plus or minus 346
- Median age36.2 plus or minus 9.0
- Population under 18408 plus or minus 124
- Share under 1831.9 percent
- Population 65 and over147 plus or minus 48
- Share 65 and over11.5 percent
- Households470 plus or minus 107
- Family households322 plus or minus 80
- Share of households that are families68.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ranchester
Income and work in Ranchester
- Median household income$69,464 plus or minus $16,845
- Per capita income$31,229
- Civilian labor force660 plus or minus 169
- Employed650 plus or minus 165
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 15
- Unemployment rate1.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over756 plus or minus 174
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.0 percent plus or minus 28.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.7 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.7 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ranchester
Housing in Ranchester
- Housing units477 plus or minus 107
- Occupied units470 plus or minus 107
- Vacant units7 plus or minus 9
- Vacancy rate1.5 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied391 plus or minus 92
- Renter occupied79 plus or minus 46
- Ownership rate83.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$326,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$763 plus or minus $253
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.2 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Single family units343 plus or minus 84
- Share single family71.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more53 plus or minus 35
- Share in buildings of two or more11.1 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes81 plus or minus 50
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ranchester
How Ranchester gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute557 plus or minus 159
- Commuting under 15 minutes109 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.6 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more101 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.1 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Drove alone72.9 percent
- Carpooled12.0 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home12.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ranchester
SBA 7(a) lending to Ranchester borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$80,000
- Average approval$80,000
- Median approval$80,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$80,000
- Largest approval$80,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ranchester
SBA 504 lending to Ranchester borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$147,000
- Average approval$147,000
- Median approval$147,000
- Largest approval$147,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sheridan County, not Ranchester
Sheridan County context, not Ranchester figures
These are Sheridan County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ranchester measurements.
- Establishments in Sheridan County2,670
- Employment at those establishments, Sheridan County14,285
- Covered employment, Sheridan County14,406
- Average annual pay, Sheridan County$56,893
- Average weekly wage, Sheridan County$1,094
- Housing units permitted, Sheridan County323
- Of those, single family, Sheridan County193
- County product, 2024, Sheridan County$2,313,875,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sheridan County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sheridan County$119,666
Every figure in this section is published for Sheridan County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ranchester. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ranchester questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ranchester, Wyoming?
1,277, in 470 households. Ranchester town covers 0.71 square miles of land, which is 1,800 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ranchester in?
Sheridan County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ranchester?
$69,464. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $326,900. Median gross rent is $763 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ranchester businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $80,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $80,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $147,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ranchester, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ranchester borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ranchester. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ranchester figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sheridan County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ranchester.
Is zoning published for Ranchester?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
Nearby