Wyoming · Census place 5601695

Alpine, Wyoming

Alpine is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming with an estimated 1,360 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,360
#36 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
+10.5%
+129 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,347 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Alpine. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

Alpine population, 2020 to 2024

Alpine added 129 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.5%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

1,23120201,26620211,31420221,33720231,3602024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,229. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Alpine covers 1.01 square miles of land, for 1,347 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Alpine is close to the typical town.

What county Alpine is in

All of Alpine's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 21,000 residents in 2024. Alpine holds 6.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alpine

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alpine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 83128. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Alpine is

The Census internal point of Alpine is at 43.160400, -111.014800. Cheyenne, the capital, is 346.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Star Valley Ranch, WY (2,041 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 171.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.160400, -111.014800
DMS
43°09'37.44"N 111°00'53.28"W
UTM
12N 498796.8E 4778627.3N
Geohash
9x9j9c17x
Plus code
85MC5X6P+53

Daylight in Alpine

At 43.16° N, Alpine gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alpine

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Star Valley Ranch, 12.8 miles away, with 2,041 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Alpine, WY?

1,360 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 129 (10.5%) from 1,231 in July 2020.

What county is Alpine in?

Lincoln County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Alpine?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83128.

How far is Alpine from Cheyenne?

346.6 miles (557.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Alpine.

What is the nearest larger city to Alpine?

Star Valley Ranch, WY, with 2,041 residents, 12.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.