The story of this market
The typical home in Johnson County, Wyoming sells for about $570,000, or $257 per square foot.
Prices are down 7.2% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 74 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 141% since 2000. The biggest natural hazard here is winter weather, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,193 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,193 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+23.9%). Worst: 2010 (-6.5%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5%
WY · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,421
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 3 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
63
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $6,761,905.
Johnson County, Wyoming
Johnson County's housing market has moderated from peak pandemic price surges, showing slight year-over-year pricing pullbacks amid high interest rates. Active listing inventory remains steady across Buffalo and surrounding rural acreages, with extended days on market reflecting buyer discretion.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 5.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 1 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 99.96% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.4% · poverty 8.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 3 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Johnson County, Wyoming — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 9.7%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
researched Sep 29
researched Sep 29
researched Sep 29
| 82639 | Kaycee | $325,000 | $185 | +2.1% | 112 | 96.5% | 7% | 7 | 14 | $950 | researched Sep 29 |
| 82834 | Buffalo | $397,848 | $215 | +4.2% | 84 | 97.5% | 12% | 5.2 | 48 | $1,250 | researched Sep 29 |
| 82836 | Dayton | $462,961 | $212 | +5.5% | — | 100% | — | — | 4 | $900 | researched Sep 29 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Johnson County experiences violent and property crime rates substantially below both Wyoming and national averages, driven largely by low population density and close-knit community policing centered around Buffalo.
Johnson County School District #1 serves the entire county with well-regarded rural facilities including Buffalo High School and Kaycee School, consistently demonstrating above-average graduation rates and strong community support.
Primary natural hazard risks include wildfire along the Bighorn National Forest foothills and severe winter wind and blizzard events, while riverine flood exposure is generally concentrated near Clear Creek and Powder River corridors.
Economic expansion is modest and stable, led by government, agriculture, tourism, and healthcare, with commercial activity anchoring along the I-25 and I-90 corridors in Buffalo.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. Federal (United States (federal)) — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Superfund Liens: Establishes a statutory federal lien upon the parcel running in favor of the United States for all unrecovered cleanup costs, damages, and statutory interest incurred by the EPA. Rate and formula: Direct Dollar-for-Dollar Reimbursement (Lien Amount = Incurred Response Costs + Administrative Costs + Federal (United States (federal)) — Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Withholding: Imposes an affirmative withholding tax obligation on the transferee (buyer) to withhold and remit tax on the gross amount realized (gross sales price). The statutory base withholding rate is 15% of the total purchase price (Formula: Tax = Amount Realized × 15%). Exemptions and reductions: (1) 0% wit Federal (United States (federal)) — Federal General Tax Lien Encumbrance: Under IRC § 6321, a statutory lien arises automatically as of the date of assessment and attaches to all real property owned or acquired by the taxpayer.
Johnson County's economic base is anchored by cattle and sheep ranching, tourism and outdoor recreation serving travelers heading to Yellowstone and the Bighorns, alongside public administration, healthcare, and energy extraction support services.
The county is bisected by Interstate 25 and Interstate 90, which converge at Buffalo, providing direct north-south and east-west highway freight connectivity, though public mass transit is limited to rural on-demand senior and community shuttles.
County land-use planning balances low-density rural ranchland preservation against parcel subdivisions along the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains.
The Johnson County Assessor's Office appraises real property annually at fair market value, applying Wyoming's statutory 9.5% assessment ratio to arrive at taxable value before mill levies.
Parcels are subject to county general levies, Johnson County School District #1 operating and bond levies, as well as special taxing entities including hospital, weed and pest, fire protection, and cemetery districts.
Homeowners insurance rates reflect elevated exposure to wildfires in wildland-urban interface areas bordering national forest lands and severe winter wind/hail events.
- Chris LeDoux Park4.920 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Spans the western edge of the county, offering hiking, camping, hunting, and mountain recreation.
Preserved alpine wilderness area within Bighorn National Forest featuring Cloud Peak.
Downtown Buffalo museum dedicated to the American West, Old Trail Town, and regional frontier history.
Popular regional destination for boating, fishing, and watersports located just north of Buffalo.
Data sourced directly from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for Johnson County, WY.