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41.11° N · 104.79° W · GEOID 5629300

Fox Farm-College

Laramie County, Wyoming · part of the Cheyenne, WY metro

Limited data population under 5,000, core figures borrowed from county or metro: median_home_value

WyomingFox Farm-College, WYFox Farm-CollegeFox Farm-College

The short answer

Fox Farm-College is home to 4,019 people. Median household income is $48,516 a year and median rent is $1,093 a month, 27.0% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $348,700, about 7.2x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,093
20% below the median place
Median household income
$48,516
40% below the median place
Median home value
$348,700
9% above the median place
Unemployment
3.7%
25% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Fox Farm-College

  • The median home is worth 7.2 years of the median household's income, more than in 94% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 16 Wyoming places.
  • The median resident is 31.1 years old, younger than in 93% of places its size. It is the 2nd-lowest of 16 Wyoming places.
  • After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $36,200 a year left, less than in 93% of places its size.
  • 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a smaller share than in 92% of places its size. It is the lowest of 16 Wyoming places.
  • The median rent takes 27.0% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 89% of places its size. It is the highest of 16 Wyoming places.
01

Moving to Fox Farm-College

Laramie County gains about 2.0 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in6,094
Moved out5,925
Net+169

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Wyoming, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within WyomingOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$64K
Leavers$64K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Laramie County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
9.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 5.0% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Laramie County report $63,500 a year in income on average; those leaving, $63,600.
Income you would need
$43,700 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,093 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,648 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $348,700.
Getting to work
13 minutes each way on average; 9.1% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
El Centro, CA matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
5.0%
152% above the median place
Moved here in the past year1
9.0%
57% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
2.0
above the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureFox Farm-CollegeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year19.0%57% above
Moved from another state15.0%152% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure2.0above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$63,52210% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$63,55610% below
02

What it costs to live here

Home price to income is 7.2x, 89% above the median place.

Fox Farm-College27.0%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$43,720
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
27.0%
32% above the median place
Home price to income
7.2x
89% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
27%
just under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$36,700
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Fox Farm-College, $1,093 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.9 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Fox Farm-College, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Pigeon Forge, TN23.7% vs 27.0%n/aCompare
Corning, CA20.4% vs 27.0%n/aCompare
Lindsay, CA22.8% vs 27.0%$3,700Compare

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Property tax rate1
0.6%
37% below the median place
Homeownership1
51.1%
23% below the median place
Median year built1
1993
1% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureFox Farm-CollegeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,09320% below
Rent to income127.0%32% above
Property tax rate10.6%37% below
Home price to income17.2x89% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure96.54% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,22824% below
Property tax paid (median)1County figure$1,98039% below
Median home value1County figure$348,7009% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure3.6%13% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure39.5%23% below
Homeownership151.1%23% below
Renters paying 30%+156.1%11% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,64812% below
Vacant homes1County figure5.2%26% below
Median year built119931% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Mean commute1
13 min
47% below the median place
Median household income1
$48,516
40% below the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureFox Farm-CollegeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$48,51640% below
Income per person1$32,84218% below
Unemployment1County figure3.7%25% below
Average annual pay5County figure$63,3744% below
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure4.0%8% above
Jobs5County figure49,12467% below
Poverty rate115.6%45% above
Mean commute113 min47% below
Works from home1County figure9.1%27% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

No health insurance is 25.9%, 305% above the median place.

No health insurance1
25.9%
305% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
12.3%
62% below the median place
Median age1
31.1
20% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Born abroad2.5% −72%
Homes with broadband86.5% −6%
High school or higher89.1% −3%
Household size2.4 −3%
All 8 people measures
MeasureFox Farm-CollegeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population14,0196646th largest
Median age131.120% below
Bachelor's or higher112.3%62% below
High school or higher189.1%3% below
Household size12.43% below
Born abroad12.5%72% below
No health insurance125.9%305% above
Homes with broadband186.5%6% below
05

Life in Fox Farm-College

62 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 6 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents5.0 −51%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k5.0 2.3×
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k5.0 −55%
Libraries per 10k5.0 5.7×
Named paths and bike trails7 km 3.5×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi2.3 11.0×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars19.9 −4%
Shops37.0 +22%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.3 +29%
Doctors' offices and clinics24.0 +19%
Child care centers3.7 +61%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Child care centers per 10k7
3.7
61% above the median place
Students per teacher10
12.7
18% below the median place
Shops per 10k7
37.0
22% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureFox Farm-CollegeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure49above (median 9)
Public school students10County figure14,606198% above
Students per teacher10County figure12.718% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure19.94% below
Shops per 10k7County figure37.022% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure5.329% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure24.019% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure3.761% above
Parks per 10k85.051% below
Playgrounds per 10k80.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k85.0135% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k85.055% below
Libraries per 10k85.0above (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails87.0250% above
Transit stops per sq mi82.3above (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure62377% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Heat wave risk is 19.2, 79% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Fox Farm-College. Larger places are fetched first.

Heat wave risk12
19.2
79% below the median place
Average temperature11
46°F
16% below the median place
Annual precipitation11
16.0 in
63% below the median place
All 10 weather and risk measures
MeasureFox Farm-CollegeAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure85°F2% below
January average low11County figure16°F35% below
Average temperature11County figure46°F16% below
Annual precipitation11County figure16.0 in63% below
Natural hazard risk12County figure76.717% below
Tornado risk12County figure88.49% above
Wildfire risk12County figure91.950% above
Heat wave risk12County figure19.279% below
Median air quality index13County figure455% above
Good air days13County figure75.1%10% above
08

Fox Farm-College in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 28% of the median income in 2030, up from 27% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,093/mo (2024)$1,390/mo$1,140 to $1,690/mo+4.1%
Median household income$48,516 (2024)$60,500$51,000 to $71,500+3.7%

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Fox Farm-College

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
El Centro, CA$1,052$53,082Compare
Central Falls, RI$1,200$49,285Compare
Woodlake, CA$968$46,266Compare
Pigeon Forge, TN$1,053$53,261Compare
Pigeon Forge, TNWoodlake, CACentral Falls, RIEl Centro, CAFox Farm-College, WYFox Farm-CollegeEl CentroCentral FallsWoodlakePigeon ForgeFox Farm-CollegeEl CentroCentral FallsWoodlakePigeon Forge

Common questions

Is Fox Farm-College a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. The median home is worth 7.2 years of the median household's income, more than in 94% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 16 Wyoming places. The median resident is 31.1 years old, younger than in 93% of places its size. It is the 2nd-lowest of 16 Wyoming places. On cost, space and class size it scores 3 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Fox Farm-College expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 27.0% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $348,700.

What salary do you need to live in Fox Farm-College?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $43,720 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Fox Farm-College?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are El Centro, CA, Central Falls, RI, Woodlake, CA and Pigeon Forge, TN.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  13. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Fox Farm-College with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Fox Farm-College itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/fox-farm-college-wyoming

Citytistics. “Fox Farm-College, Wyoming.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/fox-farm-college-wyoming/

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