Wright is a very small town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 1,640 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wright is the 40th largest community in Wyoming.
Wright’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Wright has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Wright has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wright than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wright may be for you.
The percentage of people in Wright with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.75% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Wright in 2022 was $36,492, which is upper middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,968 for a family of four. However, Wright contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wright is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wright home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wright residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wright also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.33% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wright include German, Irish, Scandinavian, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Wright is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.