Purple SageWY
489 people call this town in Wyoming home.
Is Purple Sage a good place to live?
0.8% of working residents work locally in Purple Sage, against 50% in Wyoming’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Only one of the 29 Wyoming towns we compare has a lower home-ownership rate than Purple Sage. Purple Sage has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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Top of a very low hazard risk in Purple Sage: inland flooding
Expected losses in Purple Sage break down as 70% from inland flooding and 15% from cold waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Purple Sage sits below just over four fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Purple Sage’s workers commute out
The median commute is under 8 miles. For residents in Purple Sage, the share who live below the poverty line is 20%. Most people who work leave Purple Sage to do it: just 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Springs (24%), Green River (23%) and James Town (4%).
| Purple Sage | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 15 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Purple Sage
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 9° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Purple Sage is
Among adults in Purple Sage, 12% report frequent physical distress. Of 31 CDC measures, Purple Sage beats the Wyoming average on 8 and trails it on 11. Two figures for adults in the town: 22% have high blood pressure, 20% binge drink. Only 2 of the 29 Wyoming towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Purple Sage.
| Purple Sage | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 63% | 68% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 31% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Purple Sage | WY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.6% | 6.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.1% | 8.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 15.6% | 11.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Purple Sage
Moving to Purple Sage: who provides what
Purple Sage is unincorporated, so Sweetwater 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.
99% of working residents leave Purple Sage for work
Where Purple Sage’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Purple Sage
About 8 of every 100 Purple Sage residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wyoming.
About Purple Sage
CDP in Wyoming, United States
Purple Sage is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 535 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,227 ft
- Area code
- 307
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