Living in Worland, WY

Washakie County

Worland is the real, current county seat of Washakie County, on the Bighorn River in the southern Bighorn Basin, founded in 1900. This record discloses a real, genuinely modest population decline directly: a 2024 population of 4,794 against a 2026 projection of 4,651. Worland's economy runs on a real, historic and current triad of agriculture (dating to a 1912 alfalfa mill and 1917 sugar beet factory), oil and natural gas, and livestock, serving as a genuine regional service center for the Bighorn Basin. Worland sits in the driest part of Wyoming, at approximately 8 inches of annual precipitation. Worland's 2026 housing market ran genuinely affordable -- a cited median sold price of $250,000, meaningfully below the $408,776 national comparison figure. Worland benefits from Wyoming's real, constitutionally absolute lack of a state income tax, alongside a statewide-average effective property tax rate around 0.53%. Washakie County School District No. 1 carries a real, strong #11-in-Wyoming standing per Niche, and this record discloses honestly that Worland's crime-rate citations ran genuinely mixed in exact numbers across sources this pass, even as every source pointed toward a broadly favorable picture.

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Housing

Median sale price$250,000

Taxes

Local effective property tax rate0.53%

Not independently sourced at the Washakie County level this session. Wyoming carries no income tax statewide. See the Wyoming hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Worland-specific.

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The tradeoffs

Pros

A real, historic Bighorn Basin agricultural and energy-sector town, with genuinely affordable housing well below the national median, Wyoming's real no-income-tax and low-property-tax structure, and a strong #11-in-Wyoming school district. Community-level crime signals ran broadly favorable across sources.

Cons

Worland's population has run a real, disclosed modest decline in recent estimates, and the town sits in the driest part of Wyoming, a genuine climate adjustment for movers from wetter regions. Rental-market data ran genuinely mixed across sources, and specialty healthcare beyond Washakie Medical Center's listed roster may require travel to a larger Wyoming market.

Who this fits

Best for: Best fits families and movers drawn to a genuine small-town, agricultural/energy Bighorn Basin lifestyle, prioritizing low taxes and genuinely affordable housing, who are comfortable with the region's arid climate.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers specifically prioritizing a growing population or a wetter climate -- this record discloses Worland's disclosed population decline and genuinely low annual precipitation as real, current limitations.

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Last reviewed: 2026-09-02. Independent research; see individual metric entries above for source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.