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Fort Washakie’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 32% of residents live below the poverty line in Fort Washakie, where Wyoming’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. No town in Wyoming scores higher than Fort Washakie on cost of living. Residents are less healthy than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the outdoors, just 2 of Wyoming’s 58 towns do worse. Fort Washakie has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Fort Washakie Historic District and Shoshone-Episcopal Mission. Fort Washakie has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wyoming), ordered by how far Fort Washakie is from typical.
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Where Fort Washakie beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
The archive holds 20 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 places in Fort Washakie on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Ordered by what stands out in Fort Washakie.
No town among the 29 in Wyoming we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Fort Washakie; what’s more, 37% of adults get no exercise outside work in the town. Also worth knowing: only 2 of the 29 Wyoming towns we compare have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Fort Washakie. Of 31 CDC measures, Fort Washakie beats the Wyoming average on 2 and trails it on 26.
| Fort Washakie | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Fort Washakie | WY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 30.2% | 33.8% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 30.6% | 9.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. The public schools here belong to the Fremont County School District #21. 3 public schools serve Fort Washakie, with 413 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ft. Washakie ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 255 | D− |
| Ft. Washakie High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 91 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WY on state tests and graduation
Jobs in Fort Washakie fell by 179 from 2013 to 2023, to 883. Half the trips to work are shorter than 8 miles. The top destinations are Ethete (18%), Arapahoe (8%) and Lander (7%). The typical journey to work for Fort Washakie comes to 15 minutes.
| Fort Washakie | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $37,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 15 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 76% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Fort Washakie, 42% come from inland flooding and 20% from avalanches.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 7°; snowfall runs to about 29 inches a winter. Summers in Fort Washakie are warm, and winters cold, with very little rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
10 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. In Fort Washakie, the trail network density is 0.5 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: one, of 4 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pow Wow | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fort Washakie is unincorporated, so Fremont County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Where Fort Washakie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
None within 15 miles of Fort Washakie; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Fort Washakie residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wyoming.
Census-designated place in Wyoming, United States
Fort Washakie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States, within the Wind River Indian Reservation and along U.S. Route 287. The population was 1,759 at the 2010 census. The headquarters for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe is located in Fort Washakie, as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency for the Wind River Indian Reservation. Fort Washakie is named after nearby Fort Washakie, a U.S. Army post established in 1869 and named after Chief Washakie in 1878. Washakie, Utah is also named for Washakie.
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Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.
2 notable people were born here, including Scott Ratliff and Tahnee Robinson.
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