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Laramie, WY

31,501 Population
18.4 square miles 1,715.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 28.5 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wyoming: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,944 ±$1,630 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: $31,217 ±$1,638
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $36,288 ±$531
$45,299 ±$4,036 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: $50,733 ±$3,070
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wyoming: $68,002 ±$1,091

25.3% ±2.4% (7,391  ±708) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 23.6% † 8,245 (±2.6% / ±900)
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,482 (±0.5% / ±2,645)

13.2 minutes ±1.2 (215,900  ±21,123) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 13.9 259,970 (±1.1 / ±23,016)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wyoming: 18.1 4,746,280 (±0.4 / ±106,279)

Families

13,660 ±422 Number of households
  • the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 16,016 ±358
  • Wyoming: 230,653 ±1,540
2.1 ±0.1 (29,282  ±180) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 2.2 35,048 (±0.1 / ±179)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 563,599 (±0)

3.2% ±1% (311  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 3.4% † 361 (±1% / ±110)
  • about half the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,909 (±0.5% / ±634)

Housing

14,973 ±291 Number of housing units
  • the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 18,546 ±91
  • Wyoming: 271,818 ±209

$234,500 ±$8,293 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: $247,100 ±$10,762
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming: $237,900 ±$2,915

35.8% ±3.4% (11,176  ±1,071.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 33.3% † 12,317 (±3.3% / ±1,231.1)
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 16.2% 92,262 (±0.6% / ±3,313.4)

Social

95.6% ±4.6% (16,380  ±885.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 95.9% 20,407 (±4.5% / ±967.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 93.7% 365,729 (±1.1% / ±4,148.2)
56.8% ±3.8% (9,740  ±697.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 56.3% 11,976 (±3.5% / ±756.7)
  • about double the rate in Wyoming: 28.5% 111,283 (±0.6% / ±2,342.2)

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

7.7% ±1.3% (2,428  ±411) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 6.8% † 2,536 (±1.1% / ±410)
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 3.4% 19,660 (±0.2% / ±1,303)

5.3% ±1.1% (1,425  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Laramie, WY Micro Area: 6.1% † 1,898 (±0.9% / ±290)
  • about half the rate in Wyoming: 9.9% 43,326 (±0.3% / ±1,347)
1,425 Total veterans ±283 1,248 Male ±249 177 Female ±110

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