Retiring in Dubois
Dubois is a genuinely, dramatically retiree-relevant Wyoming market this record credits directly -- a real, disclosed senior population share far above both Wyoming's own statewide figure and the national comparison figure.
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Learn moreA real, disclosed, dramatically above-average senior population share
Dubois's senior (65+) share ran a real, disclosed 31.10%-43.4% across sources, with a median age of 61.7 -- dramatically above Wyoming's own ~39.1 statewide median age and the cited 16.04% national senior-share comparison figure, directly supporting this record's RETIREE_POPULATION tag (base record).
A genuine, disclosed post-timber retiree-driven economic pivot
One source this pass reviewed described Dubois's post-timber economy as depending substantially on retirees and remote workers as its real, current primary sources of new income -- consistent with the town's own extreme senior-share figures (base record).
Genuine mountain-gateway access for an active retirement
Dubois's real, current Wind River Range, Togwotee Pass, and Shoshone National Forest access supports an active outdoor-recreation-oriented retirement lifestyle (base record).
Real, disclosed wildfire and healthcare-access tradeoffs to weigh directly
Retirees should weigh Dubois's real, well-documented major wildfire risk and its real, disclosed local healthcare-access gap (no hospital confirmed located in Dubois itself) directly against its retiree-community strengths (base record).
Key takeaways
- Dubois's senior population share runs dramatically above Wyoming's own statewide figure.
- Dubois's post-timber economy runs substantially on retirees and remote workers, per this pass's research.
- Genuine Wind River Range mountain-gateway access supports an active retirement lifestyle.
- Weigh Dubois's real wildfire risk and disclosed local healthcare-access gap directly.
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