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Housing in Sinclair

A typical Sinclair home is worth roughly $210,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$210K
WY $372K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,190
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$968
WY $1,767

What kind of housing town is Sinclair?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Sinclair

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$310,000
Typical Sinclair home $210K

That covers a typical Sinclair home, with $100K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,200
Loan $1,040Tax $100Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $10 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190

Renters already here pay a median of $1,475.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940
1 bedroom$1,040
2 bedrooms$1,190
3 bedrooms$1,570
4 bedrooms$1,620
14%
of households rent · WY 28%
21
renter households
$1,475
median rent paid today · Census

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.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Sinclair in 2025. The last year with any was 2015 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−59
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Sinclair's population fell by 59 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Wyoming: 0.7 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015110$200,000
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

86% of Sinclair households own their home

Half of Sinclair’s homes were built before 1963.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Wyoming: 72% own.

1963
typical home built · WY 1981
$968
median property tax bill · WY $1,767
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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