Life Skills and Money Education in Washakie County, Wyoming

With a population of roughly 7,662, Washakie County, Wyoming is the 20th-largest of 23 counties in Wyoming. The population has barely moved since 2020 — a change of under one percent over four years. The median age is 44.2.

Among adults 25 and older in Washakie County, 22% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That tracks the Wyoming average of 22.1% closely. Flip that figure and it describes 78% of the 5,501 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, about 4,291 people whose money skills came from somewhere other than a university.

Median household income is $62,648. That is $3,528 below the Wyoming median. About 8.6% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $188,600 — about 3× the median household income, a ratio that makes the arithmetic of a mortgage worth understanding before signing one.

Washakie County by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	7,662
Change since 2020	0%
Median household income	$62,648
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	22%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	91.4%
Median age	44.2
Poverty rate	8.6%
Unemployment rate	2%
Median home value	$188,600
Land area	2,238.679 sq mi
Population density	3 / 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 Washakie County, whatever they know about money they picked up somewhere other than a classroom.

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

Where to start in Washakie County

Start with the money that moves every month

For most households in Washakie County, the fastest gain is not an investing strategy — it is seeing the recurring outflows clearly, knowing what a credit score actually responds to, and understanding which line items on a payslip are negotiable.

Questions people ask about Washakie County

Do high school students in Washakie 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 Washakie County, Wyoming have a college degree?

22% 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 78% are managing their finances without one.

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

$62,648, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Washakie 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.