Living in LaGrange, WY
LaGrange is a tiny town of 398 people in Goshen County, Wyoming. It's about 48 miles from Cheyenne, WY and 135 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 53 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $173k and rent runs about $580 a month.
398people
$173kTypical home
$580/moRent
90° / 43°Summer / winter
53"Snow
265Sunny days
80Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 398
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,028 people per sq mi
- 135 mi to Denver, CO
- 48 mi to Cheyenne, WY
- 30 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $173k (≈$1,088/mo)
- Median rent $580/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Dry summers (dew point 46°F)
- 265 sunny days a year (83 totally clear)
- 100 cloudy days a year
- 31 of 90 winter days are gray
- 80 days a year with rain or snow
- 53" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 27 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (151 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (539 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 27
- 31% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 22% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 20% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to BFF airport
- 126 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 98 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 65% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,590 ft
- 874 mi to the ocean
- 70 mi to a big lake
- 45 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 106 mi to the nearest ski area
- 19 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 77 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 28 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 36 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 82 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 28 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 18 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Goshen County: R+61 in 2024
- Wyoming: R+46 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.