Fox Farm-CollegeWY
A town of 4,019.
Is Fox Farm-College a good place to live?
Fox Farm-College earns a D, 26th among Wyoming's 28 graded towns, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 94% of the country. Its public schools trail 85% of Wyoming towns on state tests and graduation. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. 4.7% of working residents work locally in Fox Farm-College, below both Wyoming’s towns (51%) and U.S. towns (8%). Only 5 of Wyoming’s 58 towns score lower on the outdoors. Fox Farm-College is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 83% of U.S. towns.
What makes Fox Farm-College stand out
Where Fox Farm-College beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Fox Farm-College | WY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 19.5% | 9.7% |
How Fox Farm-College grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wyoming), ordered by how far Fox Farm-College is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 6%), so the D overall blends very different results.
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Moving to Fox Farm-College: who provides what
Fox Farm-College is unincorporated, so Laramie County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fox Farm-College.
Fox Farm-College carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Wyoming (mostly cold waves), trades workers with Cheyenne and other neighbors and is mostly renters.
More of Fox Farm-College’s adults get no exercise outside work than in the typical Wyoming or U.S. town
39% of adults get no exercise outside work in Fox Farm-College. Of the 28 Wyoming towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Fox Farm-College. 13% of adults binge drink in Fox Farm-College.
| Fox Farm-College | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 12% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Fox Farm-College | WY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 19.5% | 9.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fox Farm-College stands out in Wyoming and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is lower
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Wyoming towns, with expected losses of about $290 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Fox Farm-College’s FEMA risk score is 5 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Fox Farm-College
Fox Farm-College has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 16° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More than half of Fox Farm-College’s working residents commute to Cheyenne
Fox Farm-College has about as many jobs (1,707) as working residents, but only 77 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Fox Farm-College for work: only 5% work in town. The average trip to work in Fox Farm-College is 13 minutes. The top destinations are Cheyenne (61%), Laramie (3%) and South Greeley (2%).
| Fox Farm-College | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 13 minutes | 15 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $49,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fox Farm-College has set aside 0.6% of its land for conservation
1.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Only 2 of the 27 Wyoming towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Fox Farm-College.
| Fox Farm-College | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 9.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. LCCC Natural Area | — | 13 |
| 2. VFW 1881 Pride Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Fox Farm-College sells for about $275K at the median
56.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 43.1% across Wyoming.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fox Farm-College
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fox Farm-College
About 6 of every 100 Fox Farm-College residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wyoming.
About Fox Farm-College
Census-designated place in Wyoming, United States
Fox Farm-College is a census-designated place (CDP) in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Cheyenne, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,876 people at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Area code
- 307
Fox Farm-College’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Fox Farm-College.
| Town | WY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Farm-College | #26 | D | B− | — | C− | D |
| Cheyenne | #23 | C− | C+ | D | C− | B |
| South Greeley | #28 | D | B+ | — | C− | C− |
Fox Farm-College and South Greeley report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fox Farm-College with a neighbor →
Questions about Fox Farm-College
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fox Farm-College, WY a good place to live?
Fox Farm-College grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #26 of 28 in Wyoming. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.