Financial Literacy in Shoshoni, WY
With a population of roughly 500, Shoshoni, Wyoming is the 54th-largest of 99 incorporated places in Wyoming. The population has grown 6.6% since 2020, from 469 to 500. The median age is 39.8.
6.5% of Shoshoni residents 25 and older have completed a bachelor's degree or more. That sits 15.6 points below the Wyoming average of 22.1%. Put the other way round: of the 430 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, roughly 402 — 93.5% — are building their financial lives without a four-year degree behind them.
The typical household here earns $54,226 a year. That is $11,950 below the Wyoming median. Roughly 21.9% of residents live below the poverty line, which puts real weight on decisions about credit, rent and emergency savings. The median home is valued at $83,800, roughly 1.5× median household income.
Shoshoni by the numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Population (2024) | 500 |
| Change since 2020 | +6.6% |
| Median household income | $54,226 |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree | 6.5% |
| Adults 25+ with a high school diploma | 88.1% |
| Median age | 39.8 |
| Poverty rate | 21.9% |
| Unemployment rate | 2.9% |
| Median home value | $83,800 |
| Land area | 4.359 sq mi |
| Population density | 115 / 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 Shoshoni, 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 Shoshoni
Build a buffer before anything else
With 21.9% of Shoshoni living below the poverty line, the single highest-return skill here is cash-flow control: knowing what actually lands each month, what leaves automatically, and how to build even a small buffer between the two. A few hundred dollars of slack is the difference between a car repair being an inconvenience and it being a payday loan.
Questions people ask about Shoshoni
Do high school students in Shoshoni, 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 Shoshoni, Wyoming have a college degree?
6.5% 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 93.5% are managing their finances without one.
What is the median household income in Shoshoni, Wyoming?
$54,226, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.
Where can adults in Shoshoni, 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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