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82711 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 82711 covers Alva, Wyoming.

Time zone
Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
4

Where 82711 is

Alva, Wyoming — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes76.1%

What the homes are

Detached house100%
Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity33.8% same as the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes10.8% 1.2 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes14.7% 1.5 pts above the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure32.6% 1.5 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health17.3% 3 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)8.7% 2.6 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression21.3% 0.6 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity24.4% 1 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis29.1% 4 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking16.4% same as the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication74% 0.7 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)10% 2.3 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma10.6% same as the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease6.2% same as the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year71.8% 4.9 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening86.2% same as the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability13.2% 1.6 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening57.2% 7.1 pts below the national average of 64.3%
COPD7.4% 0.8 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist65.2% 3.9 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability29.9% 0.8 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Hearing disability7.6% 0.9 pts above the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol35.6% 0.6 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Independent living disability7.3% 1.1 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mammography use63.9% 12 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)15.5% 1.3 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability13.3% 0.7 pts below the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)13.9% same as the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability3.4% 0.6 pts below the national average of 4%
Sleeps under 7 hours31% 5.4 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke3.3% same as the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost14.1% 1.1 pts above the national average of 13%
Vision disability4% 1.6 pts below the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments4
People employed11
Annual payroll$419,000
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 91.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively High
Expected annual loss90.9 out of 100
Community resilience0.7 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Hail99.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather99.2Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave98.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire97.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning96.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide91.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding91Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind90.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought82.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado71.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake60.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm32.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave4.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche1.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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Compared with Wyoming and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPWyomingUnited States
Median household income$74,815$78,538
Income per person$41,006$43,289
Poverty rate10.7%12.4%
Median home value$285,100$303,400
Median gross rent$968$1,348
Homeownership71.9%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher29.9%35%
Unemployment rate3.7%5.2%
Works from home8.5%13.5%
Born outside the US3.5%13.9%
Median age38.838.7
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationHULETT, WY US12.8 km away
Rain in a year18 in
Snow in a year49 in

Average high and low by month

January33.9°F / 10.9°F0.59 in rain, 7.6 in snow
February36.6°F / 12.6°F0.63 in rain, 7.9 in snow
March47.4°F / 21.6°F1.09 in rain, 9.7 in snow
April55.5°F / 29.5°F2.09 in rain, 6.2 in snow
May65.9°F / 39.8°F3.06 in rain, 1 in snow
June77°F / 49.2°F3 in rain
July86°F / 55.4°F2.07 in rain
August85.2°F / 52.7°F1.27 in rain
September74.8°F / 42.5°F1.18 in rain, 0.1 in snow
October59.2°F / 31.6°F2 in rain, 3.3 in snow
November44.8°F / 21°F0.83 in rain, 6.8 in snow
December35.3°F / 12.1°F0.54 in rain, 6.6 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Crook County School District 1100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability22more vulnerable than 22% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status21more vulnerable than 21% of US census tracts
Household characteristics39more vulnerable than 39% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status12more vulnerable than 12% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport35more vulnerable than 35% of US census tracts
Walkability4.9 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

82720 Hulett, WY14.9 km away
82710 Aladdin, WY20.7 km away
82714 Devils Tower, WY26.5 km away
82729 Sundance, WY31.6 km away
82712 Beulah, WY33.1 km away
82721 Moorcroft, WY43.7 km away
57717 Belle Fourche, SD47.6 km away
57799 Spearfish, SD50 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Crook County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneMountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area95.17 sq mi
Latitude, longitude44.6873, -104.4414

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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