Rock Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 23,021 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Rock Springs is the fifth largest community in Wyoming.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rock Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rock Springs is a city of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rock Springs who work in sales jobs (10.04%), management occupations (9.41%), and office and administrative support (9.07%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Rock Springs spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.05 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.The citizens of Rock Springs are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.71% of adults in Rock Springs having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Rock Springs in 2022 was $40,921, which is upper middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,684 for a family of four. However, Rock Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rock Springs is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rock Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rock Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rock Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rock Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Rock Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
