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Baggs, Wyoming

BaggsWY

A town of 443. A regional job hub with 282 jobs.

Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0
Population
443
residents
Median home value
$172K
Census ACS
Household income
$57K
median
Median age
34.2
years
Jobs based here
282
A job hub

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Small town

443 people, and everyone knows the way

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Work & commute

About one in nine working residents works right in Baggs

Most working residents leave Baggs for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Rawlins (28%), Cheyenne (6%) and Worland (2%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

11%work in town

Where working residents work

In Baggs11%
Rawlins28%
Cheyenne6%
Worland2%
Riverton2%
61 mi
median commute distance
282
jobs based in Baggs
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Baggs has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 8°, and about 31 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

31″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter9–33°
Spring29–56°
Summer48–81°
Fall30–58°
Sep 18
typical first frost
Jun 1
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Baggs is

Baggs beats the Wyoming average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 9.

26 measures vs. Wyoming
0 better17 too close to call9 worse
What stands outBaggsWY
More uninsured adults18%11.6%
More adults who get no exercise32.9%25.6%
More adults in fair or poor health22.6%18.3%
The Memorial Hospital
35.9 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with avalanches at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities.

59risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
59Moderate riskLowerHigher
AvalanchesInland floodingCold waves
8
paid flood claims since 1984
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
A job hub

Every workday, about 273 people come to Baggs for work

Where Baggs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

28% → Rawlins Rawlins 28% 6% → Cheyenne Cheyenne 6% 2% → Worland Worland 2% 2% → Riverton Riverton 2% 2% → Rock Springs Rock Springs 2% 2% → Casper Casper 2% Baggs · 11% stay
282jobs based in Baggs
11%of working residents work in town
61 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

BJ Drive-In ice cream sign, Route 789
1980 · BJ Drive-In ice cream sign, Route 789 · Wikimedia Commons
Baggs’s story

Baggs in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

WYMap-doton-BaggsBaggs, WyomingFirst State Bank of
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About Baggs

Town in Wyoming, United States

Official town website ↗

Baggs is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 411 at the 2020 census. Baggs is home to the Outlaw Stop, a branch of the Little Snake River Museum, which is headquartered in Savery. It was incorporated in 1910.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
411
Area
0.5 sq mi
Elevation
6,247 ft
ZIP code
82321
Area code
307

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