Is Fox Farm-College a good place to live?
Fox Farm-College’s lowest grade is for health: residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It also trails on schools: its public schools trail 85% of Wyoming towns on state tests and graduation. Walkability is where it shines: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 83% of U.S. towns. The overall grade lands at D, 26th of 28 in Wyoming. On that grade it does better than 12% of U.S. towns. Only 5 of Wyoming’s 58 towns score lower on the outdoors. 5.5% of working residents work locally here, below both Wyoming’s towns (50%) and U.S. towns (7.9%). On hazard risk, just 1 of Wyoming’s 58 towns do better.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US · Census LEHD, 2024.
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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What makes Fox Farm-College stand out
Where Fox Farm-College beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
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.
Compared with most of Wyoming and the rest of the country, more of Fox Farm-College’s adults report frequent physical distress
The share of adults in Fox Farm-College who have high blood pressure is 34%. Of the 28 Wyoming towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Fox Farm-College. Against the Wyoming average, Fox Farm-College comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 18.
| Fox Farm-College | Typical Wyoming town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
In Fox Farm-College, the FEMA risk score runs lower than in the typical Wyoming or U.S. town
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.
FEMA puts 31% of Fox Farm-College’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 23% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Fox Farm-College
About 65 inches of snow fall in a winter here; January nights dip to 16° and July afternoons rise to 86°.
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 (1,834) as working residents, but only 88 people both live and work here.
Fox Farm-College: 16% of residents live below the poverty line. Most working residents leave Fox Farm-College for work: only 6% work in town. Employers in Fox Farm-College added 317 jobs between 2014 and 2024, to 1,834. For Fox Farm-College, the typical journey to work is 13 minutes.
| Fox Farm-College | Typical Wyoming town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 50% | 7.9% |
| 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 2024 · ACS
Fox Farm-College has set aside 0.6% of its land for conservation
Only 2 of the 27 Wyoming towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Fox Farm-College. Trails run 1.5 miles in 2 parks and preserves. In Fox Farm-College, the density of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Fox Farm-College | Typical Wyoming town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 $370K at the median
56.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 43.1% across Wyoming.
Fox Farm-College’s typical rent is recorded as $1,093 a month.
| Fox Farm-College | Typical Wyoming town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 51% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,093 a month | $925 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fox Farm-College
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.
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.
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