Wyoming · Census place 5685015
Wright, Wyoming
Wright is a town in Campbell County, Wyoming with an estimated 1,660 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 34th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,660
- #34 of 43 in Wyoming
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +12 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 546 / sq mi
- State median 1,493
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Wright population, 2020 to 2024
Wright added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +14.
Wright covers 3.04 square miles of land, for 546 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Wright is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wright is in
All of Wright's residents live in Campbell County, which had 47,946 residents in 2024. Wright holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wright
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wright by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 82732. 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 Wright is
The Census internal point of Wright is at 43.749200, -105.494800. Cheyenne, the capital, is 183.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gillette, WY (33,846 people), 36.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 205.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.749200, -105.494800
- DMS
- 43°44'57.12"N 105°29'41.28"W
- UTM
- 13N 460163.1E 4844136.6N
- Geohash
- 9xubzkm18
- Plus code
- 85MPPGX4+M3
Daylight in Wright
At 43.75° N, Wright gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wright
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Gillette, 36.2 miles away, with 33,846 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wright, WY?
1,660 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (0.7%) from 1,648 in July 2020.
What county is Wright in?
Campbell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wright?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82732.
How far is Wright from Cheyenne?
183.5 miles (295.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Wright.
What is the nearest larger city to Wright?
Gillette, WY, with 33,846 residents, 36.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.