A typical Encampment home is worth roughly $232,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Encampment?
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What it takes to buy in Encampment
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That covers a typical Encampment home, with $78K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $200 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Wyoming typical property tax (0.57% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
2 of Encampment’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Encampment’s homes were built before 1973.
Wyoming: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130
Renters already here pay a median of $1,158.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Carbon County, WY): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Encampment in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Encampment has permitted 19 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Encampment gained 2 residents while 16 new homes were permitted: about 0.1 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. 27% of Encampment's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across Wyoming: 0.7 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $358,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $390,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $938,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $75,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $135,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $159,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $354,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $34,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $384,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $530,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $260,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $90,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $52,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $138,000 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $326,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $292,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $197,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $169,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $60,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $155,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $357,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Encampment vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Encampment. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encampment | $232K* | — | $1,130 | 1 | $54,668 |
| Riverside | — | — | $1,130 | 0 | — |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Encampment buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.