Wyoming · Census place 5663755

Ranchester, Wyoming

Ranchester is a town in Sheridan County, Wyoming with an estimated 1,176 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,176
#39 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
+9.7%
+104 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,656 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Ranchester. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

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Ranchester population, 2020 to 2024

Ranchester added 104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.7%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,062. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ranchester covers 0.71 square miles of land, for 1,656 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Ranchester is denser than the typical town.

What county Ranchester is in

All of Ranchester's residents live in Sheridan County, which had 32,978 residents in 2024. Ranchester holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ranchester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ranchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 82839. 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 Ranchester is

The Census internal point of Ranchester is at 44.907600, -107.167300. Cheyenne, the capital, is 286.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sheridan, WY (19,813 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 90.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.907600, -107.167300
DMS
44°54'27.36"N 107°10'2.28"W
UTM
13N 328909.1E 4974971.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
85PJWR5M+23

Daylight in Ranchester

At 44.91° N, Ranchester gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ranchester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Sheridan, 12.6 miles away, with 19,813 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ranchester, WY?

1,176 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 104 (9.7%) from 1,072 in July 2020.

What county is Ranchester in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ranchester?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82839.

How far is Ranchester from Cheyenne?

286.0 miles (460.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Ranchester.

What is the nearest larger city to Ranchester?

Sheridan, WY, with 19,813 residents, 12.6 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.