Financial Literacy in Fremont County, Wyoming

Fremont County, Wyoming is home to about 39,721 people, the 5th-largest of 23 counties in Wyoming. The population has grown 1.4% since 2020, from 39,190 to 39,721. The median age is 39.4.

25.3% of Fremont County residents 25 and older have completed a bachelor's degree or more. That runs 3.2 points above the Wyoming average of 22.1%. Put the other way round: of the 26,522 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, roughly 19,812 — 74.7% — are building their financial lives without a four-year degree behind them.

The typical household here earns $64,646 a year. About 12.4% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $252,700 — about 3.9× the median household income, a ratio that makes the arithmetic of a mortgage worth understanding before signing one.

Fremont County by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	39,721
Change since 2020	+1.4%
Median household income	$64,646
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	25.3%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	93.5%
Median age	39.4
Poverty rate	12.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%
Median home value	$252,700
Land area	9,183.597 sq mi
Population density	4 / sq mi

What Wyoming teaches — and to whom

Wyoming embeds financial literacy in its content standards without a separate graduation mandate. Which means for most residents of Fremont County, whatever they know about money they picked up somewhere other than a classroom.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to; Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used.

Where to start in Fremont County

Treat income stability as a skill

Unemployment in Fremont County sits at 7.9%. Where work is less certain, the practical skills are the defensive ones: what unemployment insurance actually pays and how fast, how to read a severance agreement, and which bills to triage first when income stops.

Questions people ask about Fremont County

Do high school students in Fremont County, Wyoming have to take a personal finance class?

No. Wyoming sets no statewide requirement that students complete personal finance before graduating.

How many adults in Fremont County, Wyoming have a college degree?

25.3% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 74.7% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Fremont County, Wyoming?

$64,646, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Fremont County, Wyoming learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.