Albany County vs Laramie County

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

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

Laramie County has the higher population (100,661 vs 37,713 in Albany County). Laramie County has the higher median household income ($77,884 vs $59,881 in Albany County). Laramie County has the higher median home value ($324,900 vs $322,100 in Albany County).

Population, income & housing

	Albany County	Laramie County
Population	37,713	100,661
Median age	28.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,881	$77,884
Median home value	$322,100	$324,900
Median gross rent	$936	$1,080
Housing units	18,735	45,032
Homeownership rate	49.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany County	Laramie County
Population	38,390 → 37,713 (-1.8%)	98,320 → 100,661 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$49,322 → $59,881 (+21.4%)	$66,910 → $77,884 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$235,000 → $322,100 (+37.1%)	$227,900 → $324,900 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $936 (+17.6%)	$950 → $1,080 (+13.7%)

Albany County

Population

38,39037,713

Median household income

$49,322$59,881

Median home value

$235,000$322,100

Median gross rent

$796$936

Laramie County

Population

98,320100,661

Median household income

$66,910$77,884

Median home value

$227,900$324,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany County	Laramie County
Under 5	4.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	27.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.4%
75 and over	4.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany County	Laramie County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	3.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany County	Laramie County
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	14.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany County	Laramie County
Drove alone	67.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.2%
Public transit	1.9%	0.3%
Walked	8.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.9%	8.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany County	Laramie County
1-unit, detached	50.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Albany County	Laramie County
Poverty rate	21.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1977	1980