Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety14#13,373/15,637
Economy85#2,289/15,631
Housing—
Health47#8,343/15,609
Healthcare58#6,496/15,650
Environment82#2,730/15,453
Education87#2,103/15,649
Infrastructure62#5,891/15,650
Community18#12,799/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,694/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Warren AFB, Wyoming ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Laramie County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New business applications · high144.8 /1k
100/100Wyoming 134.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauLaramie County value
Average commute time · low11.6 min
99/100Wyoming 18.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
High school diploma or higher · high98.0%
98/100Wyoming 94.2%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.6 µg/m³
98/100Wyoming 4.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLaramie County value
Unemployment rate · low0.9%
93/100Wyoming 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Rent-burdened households · low38.8%
92/100Wyoming 43.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high35.6 /100k
2/100Wyoming 30.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLaramie County value
Firearm deaths · high29.7 /100k
3/100Wyoming 25.3 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLaramie County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
7/100Wyoming 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLaramie County value
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
7/100Wyoming 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLaramie County value
Comfortable days · low23.2%
9/100Wyoming 24.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLaramie County value
Drought exposure · high82%
10/100Wyoming 74%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAALaramie County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,456 (2015-2019) → 2,936 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Unemployment rateImproving
11.5% (2015-2019) → 0.9% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.4% (2015-2019) → 38.8% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.8% (2015-2019) → 7.8% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
46.6% (2015-2019) → 40.7% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Average commute timeWorsening
9.0 min (2015-2019) → 11.5 min (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Warren AFB, Wyoming improved on 0 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Warren AFB, Wyoming between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	9.0 min2015-2019	11.5 min2020-2024	+2.5 min	Within the margin of error	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%2015-2019	40.7%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Broadband subscriptions	98.3%2015-2019	99.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	97.0%2015-2019	98.0%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3062015-2019	0.3412020-2024	+0.035	Within the margin of error	24%
Median household income	$75,1422015-2019	$69,4322020-2024	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	4%
Rent as share of income	24.3%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent-burdened households	30.4%2015-2019	38.8%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Warren AFB, Wyoming five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warren AFB, Wyoming in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Warren AFB, Wyoming itself moved −9.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,936 residents (±355)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (+1.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,936 residents (±355)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

White65%1,904
Black4.1%†120
Hispanic or Latino18%†535
Asian5.0%†148
American Indian and Alaska Native1.1%†32
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.7%†197

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (−9.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,140 residents (±193)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

No high school diploma2.0%†23
High school or GED6.8%†78
Some college25%†282
Associate degree26%†293
Bachelor's degree20%†232
Graduate degree20%†232

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

881 households (±166)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $25k6.9%†61
$25k–50k13%†112
$50k–75k37%†330
$75k–100k17%†147
$100k–150k13%†111
$150k–200k6.2%†55
$200k or more7.4%†65

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (+17.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

881 households (±166)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Own1.1%†10
Rent99%871

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

829 households (±164)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0004.6%†38
$1,000–1,50039%†326

Home values

10 homes (±14)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k100%†10
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

881 homes (±166)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

2010 or later37%†323
2000–200912%†106
1980–199919%†169

Size of homes

881 homes (±166)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms5.4%†48

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,816 workers (±242)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Drive alone82%1,483
Carpool7.7%†140
Public transit0.2%†3
Walk2.1%†39
Bike0.2%†3
Work from home6.4%†116
Other1.8%†32

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,700 workers (±250)

Warren AFB, Wyoming
Wyoming share

Under 15 min77%1,305
15–29 min17%†296
30–44 min1.6%†28

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cheyenne, WY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Laramie County, the county holding most of Warren AFB's residents.

Laramie County has 3,625 employer establishments, 359 for every 10,000 residents (1.45× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Wyoming's), with 37,182 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,619. The Census Bureau also counts 11,649 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,625; 11,649 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 359; US 248 · Wyoming 408
Paid employees: 37,182
Average annual pay: $56,619; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Laramie County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	243	24.1	1.15×About typical	2,144	$74,453	366
Specialty trade contractors	225	22.3	1.44×More than typical	1,471	$62,596	493
Management, scientific and technical consulting	203	20.1	3.00×More than typical	1,140	$63,240	524
Lessors of real estate	201	19.9	1.62×More than typical	669	$50,755	2,553
Restaurants and other eating places	164	16.2	0.88×About typical	3,343	$21,813	28
Legal services	141	14	2.60×More than typical	444	$76,725	101
Computer systems design and related services	109	10.8	2.49×More than typical	557	$79,896	208
Construction of buildings	104	10.3	1.36×More than typical	485	$57,031	212
Services to buildings and dwellings	95	9.4	1.40×More than typical	542	$32,432	371
Truck transportation	87	8.6	1.70×More than typical	913	$73,682	154
Offices of other health practitioners	83	8.2	1.35×More than typical	575	$45,024	172
Building equipment contractors	79	7.8	1.30×More than typical	609	$71,016	68

Rank places for an industry Open Laramie County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 100,995 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $61.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Warren AFB, Wyoming: $20,872 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $61.3M; −41% vs FY2025
Per resident: $20,872; US $1,994
Sole-source: 4.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

65.7MFY2017
99.2MFY2018
192.8MFY2019
50MFY2020
71.1MFY2021
156.1MFY2022
60MFY2023
82.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$25.2M41%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$11.8M19%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$9.2M15%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$2.9M4.7%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$1.7M2.8%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$1.6M

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Warren AFB, Wyoming

WEAPONS STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY, F.E. WARREN AFB, WY$162.3M
FLUOR FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC· Laramie County, WY· Construction & real property· Dec 7, 2018 – Oct 27, 2025· W9128F19C0005
CONSTRUCT HELO/TRF OPS/AMU AND ALERT FAC$135.1M
CONTI FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC· Laramie County, WY· Construction & real property· Sep 16, 2022 – May 26, 2026· W9128F22C0029
ELECTRICAL UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM O&M$37.3M
HIGH WEST ENERGY, INC.· Laramie County, WY· Facilities & utilities· Oct 28, 2016 – May 14, 2026· FA251708C6901
A-E SERVICES FOR 2025 SENTINEL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND COMPLIANCE SUPPORT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Warren AFB, Wyoming, so they do not add up across cities.

Warren AFB, Wyoming's figures are part of those of Laramie County, WY ($167.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 37% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Warren AFB is mostly in Laramie County.

See federal money in Laramie County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Warren AFB, Wyoming is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Harriet M. HagemanR-WY · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Laramie County73100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cheyenne, WY66

Other cities and towns in Laramie County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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