Thayne, Wyoming

Thayne is a small town of 380 residents in the northern Star Valley of Lincoln County, Wyoming, along the Salt River, on Highway 89 between Jackson Hole and the Idaho/Utah state lines. It draws outdoor-recreation travelers rather than mass tourism: trout anglers on the Salt, Greys and Snake Rivers and Palisades Reservoir, hunters, snowmobilers (hundreds of miles of groomed trails around nearby Alpine), and travelers passing through toward Jackson Hole. No city-specific visitor count is published.

In June 2026, Thayne’s STR market averaged 68.8% occupancy and a $178 ADR, producing $3,143 in average monthly revenue per listing. Year over year, occupancy is up 0.8 points and revenue is up 1.8%, even as ADR slipped 5.1%, suggesting more nights are being booked at somewhat lower rates.

StaySTRA’s dimension data (bedroom mix, channel mix, listing-type totals) for this area implies a listing count far larger than a town of 380 residents could plausibly support on its own; that likely reflects the wider Star Valley/Highway 89 corridor rather than Thayne itself, so this profile omits those raw counts rather than present them as city-specific. StaySTRA does have top-property-manager data at a more believable scale: Evolve leads with 125 listings and a 4.81 average rating across nearly 5,000 reviews, followed by Wagon Box Inn Restaurant & Cabins (32 listings), Cara Rohde (27 listings, a 4.70 rating), and others.

Thayne itself has no dedicated STR ordinance and only minimal local enforcement; the primary obligations are state and county tax registration. Neighboring Star Valley Ranch has its own, stricter STR ordinance that does not apply within Thayne.