Fort Laramie vs Lingle

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

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

Lingle has the higher population (396 vs 224 in Fort Laramie). Lingle has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $55,521 in Fort Laramie). Lingle has the higher median home value ($207,400 vs $101,100 in Fort Laramie).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
Population	224	396
Median age	51.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,521	$73,250
Median home value	$101,100	$207,400
Median gross rent	$900	$827
Housing units	135	245
Homeownership rate	73.8%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
Population	232 → 224 (-3.4%)	479 → 396 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $55,521 (+34.6%)	$50,313 → $73,250 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $101,100 (+14.6%)	$167,800 → $207,400 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $900 (+26.2%)	$808 → $827 (+2.4%)

Fort Laramie

Population

232224

Median household income

$41,250$55,521

Median home value

$88,200$101,100

Median gross rent

$713$900

Lingle

Population

479396

Median household income

$50,313$73,250

Median home value

$167,800$207,400

Median gross rent

$808$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
Under 5	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	5.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	14.1%
25 to 34	22.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	3.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	26.3%	8.6%
65 to 74	17.0%	25.0%
75 and over	6.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	21.3%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	51.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
Drove alone	83.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
1-unit, detached	78.5%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Laramie	Lingle
Poverty rate	19.6%	1.5%
Average household size	2.09	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1958	1973