Fort Laramie vs LaGrange

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

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

LaGrange has the higher population (368 vs 224 in Fort Laramie). Fort Laramie has the higher median household income ($55,521 vs $47,571 in LaGrange). Since 2019, LaGrange's population has grown faster (+21.5% vs -3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
Population	224	368
Median age	51.5 yrs	25.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,521	$47,571
Median home value	$101,100	—
Median gross rent	$900	$583
Housing units	135	148
Homeownership rate	73.8%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
Population	232 → 224 (-3.4%)	303 → 368 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $55,521 (+34.6%)	$27,500 → $47,571 (+73.0%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $101,100 (+14.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$713 → $900 (+26.2%)	$556 → $583 (+4.9%)

Fort Laramie

Population

232224

Median household income

$41,250$55,521

Median home value

$88,200$101,100

Median gross rent

$713$900

LaGrange

Population

303368

Median household income

$27,500$47,571

Median gross rent

$556$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
Under 5	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	7.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	36.1%
25 to 34	22.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	3.1%	3.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	3.3%
55 to 64	26.3%	4.3%
65 to 74	17.0%	18.8%
75 and over	6.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	21.3%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	51.9%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
Drove alone	83.9%	52.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	38.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
1-unit, detached	78.5%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	37.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Laramie	LaGrange
Poverty rate	19.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.09	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1973