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Rock Springs city, Wyoming: commercial real estate data.
Rock Springs city is a Census city of 23,127 people across 19.75 square miles of land, in Sweetwater County. Median household income is $69,168, 72.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.4 m.
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Rock Springs
What Rock Springs is
- Census place typecity
- Land area19.75 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,171
- County holding the largest share of its areaSweetwater 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.
Rock Springs
How many people live in Rock Springs
- Population23,127
- Median age35.9
- Population under 185,980
- Share under 1825.9 percent
- Population 65 and over2,958
- Share 65 and over12.8 percent
- Households9,625
- Family households5,751
- Share of households that are families59.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rock Springs
Income and work in Rock Springs
- Median household income$69,168
- Per capita income$41,182
- Civilian labor force12,083
- Employed11,451
- Unemployed632 plus or minus 229
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over14,675
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rock Springs
Housing in Rock Springs
- Housing units10,678
- Occupied units9,625
- Vacant units1,053 plus or minus 269
- Vacancy rate9.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Owner occupied6,964
- Renter occupied2,661
- Ownership rate72.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$256,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$928
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent
- Single family units7,499
- Share single family70.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,937
- Share in buildings of two or more18.1 percent
- Mobile homes1,223
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rock Springs
How Rock Springs gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,954
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,034
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,924
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.7 percent
- Drove alone79.1 percent
- Carpooled12.4 percent
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home3.3 percent plus or minus 1.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rock Springs
SBA loans in Rock Springs (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$6,378,400
- Average approval$490,646
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,615,000
- Largest approval$2,600,000
- Jobs supported67
- Jobs per approval5.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.4 percent
- Share to franchises15.4 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Rock Springs
SBA loans in Rock Springs (504)
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$9,868,000
- Average approval$1,096,444
- Median approval$979,000
- Largest approval$2,182,000
- Jobs supported68
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sweetwater County, not Rock Springs
Sweetwater County context, not Rock Springs figures
These are Sweetwater County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rock Springs measurements.
- Establishments in Sweetwater County1,219
- Employment at those establishments, Sweetwater County15,361
- Covered employment, Sweetwater County20,698
- Average annual pay, Sweetwater County$68,269
- Average weekly wage, Sweetwater County$1,313
- Housing units permitted, Sweetwater County45
- Of those, single family, Sweetwater County45
- County product, 2024, Sweetwater County$4,010,134,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sweetwater County-6.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sweetwater County$52,745
Every figure in this section is published for Sweetwater County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rock Springs. 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
Rock Springs questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rock Springs, Wyoming?
23,127, in 9,625 households. Rock Springs city covers 19.75 square miles of land, which is 1,171 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rock Springs in?
Sweetwater 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 Rock Springs?
$69,168. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $256,200. Median gross rent is $928 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rock Springs businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $6.4 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $9.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rock Springs, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rock Springs borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rock Springs. only 2 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 Rock Springs figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sweetwater 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 Rock Springs.
Is zoning published for Rock Springs?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.