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82942 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 82942 covers Point Of Rocks, Wyoming.

Time zone
Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
7

Where 82942 is

Point Of Rocks, 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

Median year built1986
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments7
People employed861
Annual payroll$97,561,000
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 31.7% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss29.5 out of 100
Community resilience14.2 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.

Landslide98.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire92.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather90.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought84.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake79.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave52.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning52.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding51.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail50.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind22.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm17.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado9.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche5.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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
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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 stationROCK SPRINGS AP, WY US24.2 km away
Rain in a year8 in
Snow in a year54 in

Average high and low by month

January29.5°F / 13.6°F0.38 in rain, 8.2 in snow
February32.9°F / 15.7°F0.37 in rain, 7.9 in snow
March43.9°F / 24.1°F0.58 in rain, 6.4 in snow
April52.8°F / 29.7°F0.91 in rain, 8.8 in snow
May63.2°F / 38.4°F1.27 in rain, 2.7 in snow
June75°F / 47°F0.7 in rain, 0.4 in snow
July84.1°F / 54.8°F0.47 in rain
August81.5°F / 53.1°F0.56 in rain
September70.7°F / 43.9°F0.79 in rain, 1.2 in snow
October56°F / 32.9°F0.81 in rain, 6.6 in snow
November40.5°F / 21.8°F0.4 in rain, 6 in snow
December29.5°F / 13.4°F0.31 in rain, 5.8 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%.

Sweetwater 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 vulnerability41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status45more vulnerable than 45% of US census tracts
Household characteristics58more vulnerable than 58% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status17more vulnerable than 17% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport37more vulnerable than 37% of US census tracts
Walkability3.5 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

82945 Superior, WY17.8 km away
82943 Reliance, WY33.8 km away
82902 Rock Springs, WY36.2 km away
82901 Rock Springs, WY37.8 km away
82336 Wamsutter, WY52.7 km away
82935 Green River, WY59.7 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.

Sweetwater County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneMountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area9.86 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq mi
Latitude, longitude41.6802, -108.7857

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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