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Laramie, WY

31,848 Population
18.4 square miles 1,731 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 28.7 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wyoming: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$34,422 ±$2,236 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: $37,277 ±$2,130
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $41,006 ±$752
$52,414 ±$4,755 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: $59,881 † ±$6,537
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wyoming: $74,815 ±$1,225

22.1% ±2.2% (6,463  ±651) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 21% † 7,328 (±2.5% / ±856)
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,704 (±0.6% / ±3,235)

13.5 minutes ±1.3 (222,370  ±24,067) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 14.8 278,020 (±1.4 / ±27,959)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)

Families

14,139 ±382 Number of households
  • the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 16,609 ±349
  • Wyoming: 238,176 ±1,220
2.1 ±0.1 (29,270  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 2.1 35,099 (±0 / ±70)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 566,169

3.5% ±1.4% (336  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 3.5% † 374 (±1.3% / ±134)
  • about half the rate in Wyoming: 6.3% 7,992 (±0.6% / ±696)

Housing

15,297 ±292 Number of housing units
  • the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 18,735 ±41
  • Wyoming: 275,131 ±170

$302,200 ±$15,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: $322,100 ±$15,879
  • a little higher than the amount in Wyoming: $285,100 ±$3,775

33.3% ±3.3% (10,493  ±1,032.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 31.5% † 11,778 (±3.3% / ±1,232.9)
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 15.7% 90,199 (±0.6% / ±3,518.4)

Social

96.7% ±4.5% (16,601  ±866.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 97% 20,727 (±4.3% / ±956.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 94.1% 372,002 (±1.1% / ±4,458.2)
55.8% ±3.6% (9,569  ±659.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 55.5% 11,868 (±3.3% / ±721.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Wyoming: 29.9% 118,336 (±0.7% / ±2,563.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.7% ±1.2% (2,459  ±376) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 6.8% 2,563
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,364

5.4% ±1% (1,464  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 6% † 1,896 (±0.9% / ±278)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 9.2% 40,952 (±0.3% / ±1,119)
1,464 Total veterans ±279 1,322 Male ±250 142 Female ±81

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