Douglas, Wyoming.
Typical home $319,937 (+1.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$864 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,395 +2%
- $314,542$319,937 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $61,668 +24%
- $258,268$319,937 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Douglas$1,679
- Wyoming$1,937
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Douglas, WY rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming
Douglas is a city of 6,386 people in Converse County. Half its households earn more than $83,147 a year and half less, against $81,558 across Converse County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Converse County was 2.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then farming.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Douglas is a small city and the seat of Converse County, with a median age close to that of the country as a whole. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run a little above the county's. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, and getting to work is quick, with a short typical commute and few people working from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by farming, forestry and mining, then shops, restaurants and hotels. Among the largest workplaces in Douglas are the Converse County School District, Memorial Hospital of Converse County and Safeway. Unemployment across the county is low and a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. In or beside town, the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad Passenger Depot is a museum, and Fort Fetterman is a fort a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Ayres Natural Bridge Park, a protected area, and Glendo State Park, another protected area beside Glendo Reservoir. Winters are cold and snowy, with December the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest.
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- 2,794households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Converse County had 6,442 jobs in 2025, 1.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 39° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 55°. About 59 inches of snow and 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Douglas Southeast weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Douglas
- Converse County School District #1School district338FTE
- Memorial Hospital of Converse CountyCritical access hospital302FTE
- SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores79
- 5 Aces Printing LLC, a/k/a Douglas Budget and a/k/a Glenrock IndependentNewspaper publishers and printing combined59
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture35
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 138 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Douglas’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Converse County.
Douglas home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Douglas$319,937
- Wyoming$369,044
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Douglas listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Douglas20.96%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Douglas40
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Douglas13
Zip codes with a Douglas address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Douglas — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.