A typical Wheatland home is worth about $293,000
About the same as a year ago, 21% below the Wyoming typical home.
What kind of housing town is Wheatland?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A two-bedroom rents for about $960
Renters already here pay a median of $741, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Albany County, WY): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
A typical home costs 5 years of income
About the same as across Wyoming. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $55K short of a typical Wheatland home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $730 less than owning.
How Wheatland ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wheatland’s typical property tax (0.64% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 22.3% in five years
About the same pace as Wyoming (25.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Wheatland | Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $187,000 | $235,000 |
| 2018 | $198,000 | $238,000 |
| 2019 | $202,000 | $243,000 |
| 2020 | $214,000 | $260,000 |
| 2021 | $227,000 | $279,000 |
| 2022 | $254,000 | $310,000 |
| 2023 | $270,000 | $332,000 |
| 2024 | $270,000 | $342,000 |
| 2025 | $289,000 | $360,000 |
| 2026 | $290,000 | $366,000 |
| August 2026 | $293,000 | $372,000 |
A typical Wheatland home worth $185K in September 2016 is worth about $293K today.
How Wheatland ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
4 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 4 new homes in Wheatland in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.3 million to build. That's 1.1 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Wyoming (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Wheatland has permitted 71 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wheatland's population fell by 39 even though 73 new homes were 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
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $471,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $75,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $924,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $383,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $383,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $383,000 |
| 2016 | 25 | 13 | 12 | $3.1 million |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $775,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $562,000 |
| 2012 | 21 | 15 | 6 | $2.3 million |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $12,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $145,000 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $786,000 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $803,000 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $70,000 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $674,000 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2001 | 10 | 8 | 2 | $785,000 |
| 2000 | 6 | 4 | 2 | $375,000 |
Wheatland's permit office reported 7 of 12 months in 2025; the Census estimated the rest.
How Wheatland ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
62% of Wheatland households own their home
Half of Wheatland’s homes were built before 1975.
Wyoming: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Wheatland vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Wheatland. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland | $293K | +0.2% | $960 | 4 | $58,750 |
| Chugcreek | — | +3.7%† | $960 | — | $175,357 |
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.
On the market in Wheatland
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Wheatland buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.