Laramie is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 32,035 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Laramie is the fourth largest community in Wyoming.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Laramie is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Laramie is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Laramie who work in teaching (15.97%), management occupations (8.78%), and office and administrative support (8.66%). Also of interest is that Laramie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Laramie is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Laramie have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Laramie’s economy is one such example of this. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Laramie spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.29 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Laramie, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Laramie is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 56.10% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Laramie in 2022 was $31,959, which is middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,836 for a family of four. However, Laramie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Laramie is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Laramie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laramie residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Laramie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Laramie include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Laramie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
