Taxes in Evanston
Evanston's tax picture combines Wyoming's genuinely rare no-income-tax, constitutionally absolute status with the lowest property and sales tax rates among this project's four Wyoming Tier A markets.
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Learn moreNo state income tax, at all
Wyoming's Constitution forbids a state individual income tax outright -- a real, current, unambiguous status applying in Evanston as statewide, on wages, salaries, investment income, retirement income, and Social Security benefits alike.
The lowest property tax rate in this dataset's Wyoming markets
Ownwell cited Evanston's own median effective property tax rate at approximately 0.64% -- below even the Wyoming statewide median (0.65%) and the lowest rate among Rock Springs, Sheridan, Green River, and Evanston.
The lowest combined sales tax rate in this dataset's Wyoming markets
Evanston levies a real, current combined 5.00% sales tax (4% state + 1% Uinta County local-option) -- genuinely lower than the 6.00% combined rate this dataset found in Rock Springs, Sheridan, and Green River.
Key takeaways
- Wyoming's real, current no-state-income-tax status applies in Evanston as statewide.
- Evanston's own effective property tax rate (0.64%) is the lowest among this dataset's four Wyoming Tier A markets.
- Evanston's combined 5.00% sales tax is also the lowest among this dataset's four Wyoming Tier A markets.
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