Places/WY/Laramie County, WY
County profile

Laramie County, WY

United States · GDP 2024
#505 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
37,182
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,625
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
102,938
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$80.2k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
33.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
8.9%±1.4%
Business applications
14,904 · 2025
Retail establishments
374
36.8/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Health care25%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation13%
Professional services12%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
102,938
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $66.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,875
International migration+76
Natural change+226

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$6.2B
2019
$5.8B
2020
$6.8B
2021
$7.8B
2022
$8.0B
2023
$8.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$348.7k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±0.9%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$119.7M
556 units · 5.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 97Cold wave 93Hail 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
595
2016
623
2017
651
2018
699
2019
733
2020
814
2021
929
2022
948
2023
986
2024
1022
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-25% since 2021
737
2021
1,163
2022
287
2023
497
2024
556
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.5 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
13.7 km
UP
Nearest port
698.4 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
19.7 km
CHEYENNE RGNL/JERRY OLSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$58.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
Natrona$6.9BCampbell$6.6BTeton$4.9B
The read

What is the GDP of Laramie?

Laramie's economy produced $8.4B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.