Centennial vs Laramie

A side-by-side comparison of Centennial and Laramie: population, income, housing, and more.

Centennial and Laramie are places in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laramie has the higher population (31,848 vs 364 in Centennial). Centennial has the higher median household income ($103,828 vs $52,414 in Laramie). Centennial has the higher median home value ($495,500 vs $302,200 in Laramie).

Population, income & housing

	Centennial	Laramie
Population	364	31,848
Median age	63.3 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,828	$52,414
Median home value	$495,500	$302,200
Median gross rent	—	$933
Housing units	328	15,297
Homeownership rate	95.3%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.3%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centennial	Laramie
Population	308 → 364 (+18.2%)	32,381 → 31,848 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$58,320 → $103,828 (+78.0%)	$46,117 → $52,414 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$308,800 → $495,500 (+60.5%)	$216,300 → $302,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$797 → $933 (+17.1%)

Centennial

Population

308364

Median household income

$58,320$103,828

Median home value

$308,800$495,500

Laramie

Population

32,38131,848

Median household income

$46,117$52,414

Median home value

$216,300$302,200

Median gross rent

$797$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centennial	Laramie
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	31.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	18.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	45.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.3%
75 and over	25.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centennial	Laramie
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centennial	Laramie
No high school diploma	11.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	14.8%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	4.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centennial	Laramie
Drove alone	27.3%	65.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	16.2%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	56.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centennial	Laramie
1-unit, detached	91.5%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Centennial	Laramie
Poverty rate	10.7%	22.1%
Average household size	1.89	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1979	1977