Best PlacesLaramie, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laramie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Laramie ranks 824th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Laramie
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Laramie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laramie ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of cities
- Short commute14.3 minutes each way, better than 99% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of cities
Where Laramie ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Household income$66,002 median, better than only 16% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Laramie
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laramie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,002, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Laramie's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Laramie
Laramie runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Laramie.
Who works in Laramie, and how
Work in Laramie centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Laramie
Laramie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Laramie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Laramie, month by month
Laramie sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 21° | 8° |
| April | 56° | 39° | 23° |
| July | 85° | 67° | 48° |
| October | 60° | 43° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Laramie
The nearest airport, Laramie Regional, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Laramie
Schools across Laramie average a C+, better than 33% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Snowy Range AcademyA · 72% proficient
- Uw Laboratory SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Beitel ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Laramie Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Rock River Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Laramie High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Rock River High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Whiting High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laramie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laramie measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Laramie against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Laramie suits
Families
Schools land around the 33rd percentile and crime safety beats 64%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Laramie
Is Laramie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laramie ranks 824th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, low taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on thin health care access and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Laramie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,534. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $66,002 median income, cost of living beats 28% of cities.
Is Laramie safe?
Yes, Laramie is safer than 64% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Laramie?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 8. That works out to about 140 pleasant days a year, more than 79% of cities.
Is Laramie good for families?
Schools beat 33% of cities, crime safety beats 64%, and childcare runs $1,116 a month.
Compare Laramie with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laramie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laramie represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Laramie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laramie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laramie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laramie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laramie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laramie detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.