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When it comes to being a snob, you’ve got all types. You’ve got your wine snobs, beer snobs, and food snobs. There are book snobs, movie snobs, and theatre (yes, with an re) snobs. These days, you’ve probably even got snob snobs—people who think their type of snob is better than yours.
Up in Wyoming, you might not think of folks as ‘snobby’ as some of the people in America’s northeast. But, they’re out there, for sure. Especially in certain areas of Wyoming, where you can call these true mountain lovers snooty – or even just plain loaded if you will, when compared to their Wyoming peers.
In fact, in these 10 places, it’s downright snobby:
- South Park
- Rafter J Ranch
- Hoback
- Wilson
- Ranchettes
- Moose Wilson Road
- Vista West
- Green River (Photos)
- Kemmerer (Photos)
- Jackson (Photos)
Now we’re not so full of ourselves as to just come up with this list from nowhere. We actually analyzed every single place in the state. And we’re not saying there’s anything wrong with these cities.
Actually, if we had their wealth and lifestyle, we’d probably be a little snobby, too.
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How we determined the snobbiest places in Wyoming
You think we’d just come up with this list willy nilly? Not a chance.
What we did is, we gathered up all of the places in Wyoming with more than 1,000 people. This left us with a total of 58 places. Then, we looked at each place in terms of these snoot-er-iffic criteria: (And no, it’s not a word. English snob.)
- Median home price (Higher is snobbier)
- Median household income (Higher is snobbier)
- Percent of population with a college degree (Higher is snobbier)
- Private schools per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Theaters per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Art galleries per capita (Higher is snobbier)
From there, we ranked each of our 58 places in each category with scores from one to 58. We then averaged each place’s ranking into one overall score, where the lowest score went to the snobbiest place in Wyoming. So let’s all flip a table in honor of South Park (with our pinkies up, of course.)
Now before you get upset and ruin your blowout or something drastic here, let’s remember that this is all in good fun. Would we live in one of these 10 places if we had the chance? Of course we would!
Now, let’s put on your monocle and take a look at what make these places so snobby; for a more complete list, just hop down to the end of the post.
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1. South Park
Population: 1,56
Median household income: $111,000
Median home price: $1,151,000
College degrees: 49%
2. Rafter J Ranch
Population: 1,307
Median household income: $117,000
Median home price: $600,000
College degrees: 31%
3. Hoback
Population: 1,538
Median household income: $100,389
Median home price: $714,200
College degrees: 26%
4. Wilson
Population: 1,173
Median household income: $73,293
Median home price: $659,293
College degrees: 26%
5. Ranchettes
Population: 6,623
Median household income: $90,893
Median home price: $310,213
College degrees: 24%
6. Moose Wilson Road
Population: 2,251
Median household income: $67,293
Median home price: $734,000
College degrees: 57%
7. Vista West
Population: 1,100
Median household income: $127,903
Median home price: $274,292
College degrees: 13%
8. Green River
Population: 12,123
Median household income: $73,034
Median home price: $241,933
College degrees: 16%
9. Kemmerer
Population: 2,700
Median household income: $80,293
Median home price: $219,293
College degrees: 17%
10. Jackson
Population: 9,645
Median household income: $53,223
Median home price: $472,293
College degrees: 28%
Summing Up The Humble Pie
Sure, we might have poked a little harmless fun at these 10 snobby places in Wyoming, but hey, it’s only because we’re jealous. High incomes, expensive homes, and excellent educations? That sounds pretty charming to us. Who wouldn’t want that!
If you’re interested, here are the least snobby places in Wyoming: Fox Farm College, Mills, Fort Washakie, Guernsey and South Greeley.
Desktop users, there’s a chart below with all snobby cities in Wyoming ranked from first to last.
City | Home Prices | Rank |
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south park | $1,151,000 | 1 |
rafter j ranch | $591,000 | 2 |
hoback | $714,400 | 3 |
wilson | $659,200 | 4 |
ranchettes | $307,500 | 5 |
moose wilson road | $734,400 | 6 |
vista west | $273,900 | 7 |
green river | $241,700 | 8 |
kemmerer | $219,100 | 9 |
jackson | $472,500 | 10 |
pinedale | $243,800 | 11 |
sleepy hollow | $217,400 | 12 |
antelope valley-crestview | $243,600 | 13 |
star valley ranch | $208,800 | 14 |
rock springs | $221,500 | 14 |
bar nunn | $203,300 | 16 |
marbleton | $187,700 | 17 |
buffalo | $191,100 | 18 |
north rock springs | $211,800 | 19 |
gillette | $191,000 | 20 |
cody | $218,300 | 21 |
evanston | $189,600 | 22 |
laramie | $209,600 | 23 |
lander | $183,800 | 24 |
cheyenne | $193,600 | 24 |
powell | $205,000 | 26 |
casper | $183,100 | 26 |
sheridan | $191,400 | 26 |
saratoga | $179,400 | 26 |
afton | $175,500 | 30 |
wright | $176,700 | 31 |
warren afb | $157,000 | 32 |
douglas | $180,900 | 33 |
sundance | $132,400 | 34 |
moorcroft | $206,900 | 35 |
newcastle | $119,200 | 36 |
glenrock | $159,800 | 37 |
rawlins | $184,300 | 38 |
mountain view | $162,400 | 39 |
mountain view | $162,400 | 40 |
lyman | $154,700 | 41 |
greybull | $88,600 | 42 |
evansville | $276,400 | 43 |
riverton | $148,700 | 43 |
worland | $124,200 | 43 |
torrington | $126,900 | 46 |
lovell | $114,800 | 46 |
thermopolis | $123,000 | 48 |
basin | $122,100 | 48 |
ethete | $75,300 | 50 |
arapahoe | $107,000 | 51 |
wheatland | $115,100 | 52 |
lusk | $109,800 | 53 |
south greeley | $34,600 | 53 |
guernsey | $103,500 | 55 |
fort washakie | $73,700 | 56 |
mills | $69,000 | 57 |
fox farm-college | $31,500 | 58 |