Fort Laramie vs Yoder

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

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

Fort Laramie has the higher population (224 vs 193 in Yoder). Fort Laramie has the higher median household income ($55,521 vs $39,750 in Yoder). Yoder has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $101,100 in Fort Laramie).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
Population	224	193
Median age	51.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,521	$39,750
Median home value	$101,100	$123,800
Median gross rent	$900	$1,250
Housing units	135	81
Homeownership rate	73.8%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
Population	232 → 224 (-3.4%)	169 → 193 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $55,521 (+34.6%)	$38,229 → $39,750 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $101,100 (+14.6%)	$86,700 → $123,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $900 (+26.2%)	$645 → $1,250 (+93.8%)

Fort Laramie

Population

232224

Median household income

$41,250$55,521

Median home value

$88,200$101,100

Median gross rent

$713$900

Yoder

Population

169193

Median household income

$38,229$39,750

Median home value

$86,700$123,800

Median gross rent

$645$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	15.5%
25 to 34	22.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	3.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	26.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	17.0%	11.4%
75 and over	6.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
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%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
No high school diploma	4.9%	19.7%
High school graduate	21.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	51.9%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
Drove alone	83.9%	51.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
1-unit, detached	78.5%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	46.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Laramie	Yoder
Poverty rate	19.6%	17.6%
Average household size	2.09	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1977