Story, WY

Census Place

2024 Population

1,054

US Senator

John Barrasso

Republican Party

US Senator

Cynthia Lummis

Republican Party

US Representative

Harriet Hageman

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

45.7

2.24% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

Economy

The economy of Story, WY employs 485 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Story, WY were Construction (121 people), Educational Services (108 people), and Public Administration (75 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($80,571), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($80,143), and Construction ($74,303).

Employment

Occupations

485

2024 Value

± 228

−23.6%

1 Year decline

± 83.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Story, WY declined at a rate of −23.6%, from 635 employees to 485 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Story, WY, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (99 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (92 people), and Management Occupations (89 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Story, WY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Wyoming.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Wyoming (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

485

2024 Value

± 228

−23.6%

1 Year decline

± 83.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Story, WY declined at a rate of −23.6%, from 635 employees to 485 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Story, WY, are Construction (121 people), Educational Services (108 people), and Public Administration (75 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Story, WY, though some of these residents may live in Story, WY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$80,429

Median earning men ± $10,965

$19,183

Median earning women ± $14,470

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($80,929) and Construction ($74,856).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($7,292).

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Wyoming went to Donald J. Trump with 71.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (25.8%), followed by Chase Oliver (1.56%).

John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis are the senators currently representing the state of Wyoming. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Story, WY is currently represented by Harriet Hageman in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Story, WY. Showing the available data for Wyoming.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (71.6%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (25.8%)
Democratic Party
Chase Oliver (1.56%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Wyoming went to Donald J. Trump with 71.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (25.8%), followed by Chase Oliver (1.56%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Wyoming for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Wyoming

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Wyoming.

John Barrasso

Senator from Wyoming

Assumed office on June 25, 2007
Appointed to the seat following the death of Craig L. Thomas.

Cynthia Lummis

Senator from Wyoming

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis are the senators currently representing Wyoming.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Wyoming over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Story, WY

Harriet Hageman

District at-large Representative

Republican Party

Story, WY is currently represented by Harriet Hageman (Republican Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Story, WY have changed over time starting in 2008.

Housing & Living

People in Story, WY have an average commute time of 16.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Story, WY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$437,200

Median Property Value 2024

±$261,463

$331

Median Property Taxes

±$162

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Story, WY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Story, WY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

80.3%

Homeownership

2024

55.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 80.3% of the housing units in Story, WY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 80.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Story, WY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$113,590

Median Household Income

± $70,053

412

Number of Households

± 177

In 2024, the median household income of the 412 households in Story, WY declined from $113,590 from the previous year's value of $130,227.

The following chart displays the households in Story, WY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $150k - $200k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Story, WY is from Wyoming.

0.437

2024 Wage GINI in Wyoming

0.437

2023 Wage GINI in Wyoming

In 2024, the income inequality in Wyoming was 0.437 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0637% growth from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Wyoming was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Wyoming in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Wyoming across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (71.8%)
Carpooled (12.7%)
Worked At Home (12.5%)

In 2024, 71.8% of workers in Story, WY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.7%) and those who worked at home (12.5%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

16.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Story, WY have a shorter commute time (16.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Story, WY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Story, WY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Story, WY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Story, WY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

1.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Story, WY (20 out of 1.05k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 65 - 74, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Story, WY is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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