Elk Mountain is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, home to about 99 people across 0.3 square miles. Its ZIP code is 82324.
Homes sold for a median of $221 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Elk Mountain. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Denver International Airport (DEN)156 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Laramie Regional Airport (LAR)46 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Denver, CO155 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Phoenix, AZ641 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Elk Mountain; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Elk Mountain had 150 residents in the 2020 census, down 22% since 2000.
It’s the 154th largest of 192 towns in Wyoming by population.
Carbon County grew from 9,589 residents in 1900 to 14,537 in 2020.
Carbon County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 15°F. About 13 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 93 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Elk Mtn, WY weather station (about a mile away).
4,062 jobs at 500 businesses in Carbon County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Elk Mountain.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Dentists | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Museums (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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