Census-designated place Rafter J Ranch is a census-designated place in Wyoming, in Teton County. A census-designated place is an unincorporated community that the Census Bureau defines for statistics; it has no city government of its own.
The median owner-occupied home in Rafter J Ranch had a real-estate tax bill of $6,301 (± $418) a year, compared with $1,659 in Wyoming and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $1,092,800 (± $120,827), compared with $285,100 in Wyoming and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Rafter J Ranch | Wyoming | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,202 ± 387 | 579,761 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $6,301 ± $418 | $1,659 ± $25 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $1,092,800 ± $120,827 | $285,100 ± $3,775 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $151,429 ± $37,890rough guide only: the margin of error is 25% of the estimate | $74,815 ± $1,225 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.58% ± 0.07 points | 0.58% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 87.1% ± 7.2 points | 71.9% ± 0.7 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 35.4% ± 11.1 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 31% of the estimate | 32.7% ± 0.6 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 49.6% ± 24.7 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 50% of the estimate | 19.6% ± 0.7 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in Wyoming
How it works. County tax-certificate sale followed either by administrative tax deed after statutory holding/notice or by judicial lien foreclosure analogous to mortgage foreclosure
Excess sale money. Judicial foreclosure statute distributes proceeds first to costs, then lienholder, then balance to persons holding prior interests; claims generally must be made within 2 years after confirmation, after which unclaimed funds go to county sinking fund. No separate former-owner equity-payment rule was verified for administrative deed route, so do not infer one
These rules are set by Wyoming, not by Rafter J Ranch, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full Wyoming entry with statute links.