Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Wyoming’s best subject grades are an A− for walkability and an A for the outdoors and history; its weakest is a C for cost of living. Among 23 Delaware towns, just 1 have a lower property crime rate than Wyoming. Wyoming has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Wyoming Railroad Station and Lewis Family Tenant Agricultural Complex. Wyoming has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wyoming beats most towns.
1,313 counted in 2010 and 1,680 in 2020; an estimated 1,865 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Delaware), ordered by how far Wyoming is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 280 in 1870, 1,680 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 4 maps from 1930 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wyoming, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Wyoming.
Most working residents leave Wyoming for work: only 1% work in town. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Wyoming, above both Delaware’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The average trip to work in Wyoming is 21 minutes.
| Wyoming | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.1% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Caesar Rodney School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. B. Simpson Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–5 | Grades 1–5 | 465 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within DE on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Wyoming since 1989.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Wyoming home is worth about $307,000, up 2.3% in a year, 24% below the Delaware typical home. At $1,558 a month, Wyoming’s median rent is near the Delaware town median ($1,438 a month) and above the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Wyoming | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,558 a month | $1,438 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Wyoming has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 31% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 26% of residents (21% statewide). Wyoming has grown 11% since 2020, to 1,865 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Wyoming’s median age is 36.4 years.
| Wyoming | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.4 years | 40.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 34% | 29% |
Somewhere between 33% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Wyoming’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.9 points. Across Delaware, 51.6% of residents are women.
| Wyoming | DE | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.2% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.4% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.9% | 14% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.2% | 12.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.9% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.2% | 8.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.4% | 28.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.4% | 18.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 20.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.5% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fred Fifer Sports Field | — | 5 |
| 2. Kesselring Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Brecknock Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Wyoming beats the Delaware average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 42% of adults have obesity in Wyoming. Only 2 of the 38 Delaware towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Wyoming.
| Wyoming | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Wyoming | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.8% | 6.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18.6% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wyoming
About 4 of every 100 Wyoming residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Delaware.
Where Wyoming’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Wyoming on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Delaware, United States
Wyoming is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It was named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Dover metropolitan area. The population was 1,680 in 2020.
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2 towns share a border with Wyoming.
| Town | DE rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | — | — | C | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Camden | #27 | C | C | D | B+ | B− |
| Rodney Village | — | — | B− | — | B+ | D |
Wyoming and Rodney Village have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rodney Village reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Wyoming with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($74,477 across the Dover, DE metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
