SlaterWY
With 99 residents, this town was settled in 1911.
Is Slater a good place to live?
71% of residents live below the poverty line in Slater, against 10% in Wyoming’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Of the 29 Wyoming towns we compare, none has a higher midpoint age than Slater. 21% of the land in Slater is conserved, where Wyoming’s towns sit at 8.8% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Slater has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
99 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Slater.
Open space protected for good: 21.2% of Slater
47 miles of trail. The trail network density for Slater comes to 0.6 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
High risk in Slater, with inland flooding at the top
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 71% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 48% of Slater’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Slater
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 19° and about 70 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Wyoming and the rest of the country, fewer of Slater’s adults worry about having enough food
Slater does better than the Wyoming average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 2. A fifth of Slater adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Slater | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Slater | WY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.7% | 9.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.6% | 6.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Slater
Moving to Slater: who provides what
Slater is unincorporated, so Platte 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.
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Slater; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Slater residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wyoming.
About Slater
CDP in Wyoming, United States
Slater is a census-designated place (CDP) in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 80 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 74 sq mi
- Elevation
- 4,997 ft
- Area code
- 307
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