Lander, Wyoming.
Typical home $386,154 (+2.0% in a year), asking rent $1,521 . Riverton, WY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,151 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,669 +2%
- $378,484$386,154 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $96,045 +33%
- $290,108$386,154 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.
- Lander$2,027
- Wyoming$1,937
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Lander, WY rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming
Lander is a city of 7,546 people in Fremont County. Half its households earn more than $74,813 a year and half less, against $64,904 across Fremont County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Fremont County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then other services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lander is a small city where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people who live there tend to be a little younger than in many American towns. Household incomes run higher than across Fremont County, and a good many adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm and the year is fairly dry.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, and others in government, restaurants, hotels and other services. Among the largest workplaces in Lander are the Fremont County School District, Fremont County government and the Bureau of Land Management. Commutes are short, and the job market across the county has been roughly steady, with unemployment staying low.
Things to do. The North Popo Agie River runs in or beside town, and the Little Popo Agie River is a short drive away. Sinks Canyon State Park, also a short drive away, is a protected area for time outdoors. For a longer trip, Worthen Meadow Reservoir is a longer drive away and offers a quiet spot by the water.
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- 2,987households
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fremont County had 15,457 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 55°. About 88 inches of snow and 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lander Hunt Field Airport weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lander
- Fremont County School District # 1School district308FTE
- Fremont CountyExecutive and legislative office combinations260
- Community Entry ServiceGroup homes for the disabled without nursing care80
- Bureau of Land ManagementFederal government · Department of the Interior40
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture30
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 340 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) 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
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lander’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Fremont County and the Riverton, WY metro.
Lander home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lander$386,154
- Wyoming$369,044
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Lander listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Lander18.92%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lander70
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lander10
Zip codes with a Lander address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lander — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.