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Gillette gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $339K for a typical one, or 3.8 years of the Gillette area’s $90K median household income. It grades B− overall, 14th of 28 graded towns in Wyoming. On the plus side, it has 33 miles of trail. 55% of working residents work locally in Gillette, against 49% in Wyoming’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Gillette has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Gillette City Hall (1936) and Gillette Downtown Historic District. Only 1 of the 28 Wyoming towns we compare have a higher share of children under 18 than Gillette.
Where Gillette beats most towns.
29,087 counted in 2010 and 33,403 in 2020; an estimated 34,024 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wyoming), ordered by how far Gillette is from typical.
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Census counts: 151 in 1900, 33,403 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and a map from 1971 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gillette, 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 Gillette.
Gillette has home values falling while Wyoming’s rise, is safe by national standards but not by Wyoming’s and has a shorter frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Wyoming.
The trail density in Gillette is 1.4 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Energy Capital Sports Complex, 229 acres with 3.3 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Energy Capital Sports Complex | 3.3 mi | 229 |
| 2. CAM-PLEX Park | 2.6 mi | 122 |
| 3. Bicentennial Park | 0.9 mi | 76 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Campbell County School District #1. Two of its 19 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 667 | C |
| Campbell County High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,212 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WY on state tests and graduation
The Gillette 4se weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 136 days: shorter than most of the country, but longer than 79% of Wyoming places with climate records.
Gillette has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 13° and about 56 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 24.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 78% of Wyoming’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 699 to 542 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Gillette’s property crime rate is 13.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Gillette | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 13.8 per 1,000 residents | 8.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Children under 18 are 29% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 12% of residents (19% statewide). 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across Wyoming.
| Gillette | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 34.2 years | 37.3 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 23% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.1 points). Across Wyoming, 48.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 35.2, men 33.1.
| Gillette | WY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.3% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.9% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.5% | 12.7% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 5.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.3% | 27.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.9% | 24.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 11.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.4% | 19.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.4% | 11.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Since 2013, Gillette has lost 2,597 jobs, to 15,707 in 2023. 3.7% of Gillette workers work from home. The top destinations are Casper (3%), Cheyenne (2%) and Sheridan (2%).
| Gillette | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 15 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 3.7% | 6.4% | 11% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Gillette.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Gillette beats the Wyoming average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 66% of adults had a checkup this year in Gillette.
| Gillette | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 68% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 12% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Gillette | WY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.1% | 6.5% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 11.4% | 9.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Values fell 3.1% in the past year while the Wyoming typical home rose 1.5%.
The typical Gillette home is worth about $339,000, 8% below the Wyoming typical home.
| Gillette | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $976 a month | $925 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 70% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Gillette; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Gillette residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wyoming.
14 notable people were born in Gillette.
City in Wyoming, United States
Gillette (, jih-LET) is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The town was founded in 1891 as a major railway town on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The population was estimated at 33,496, as of July 1, 2023, making it the third-most populous city in Wyoming after Cheyenne and Casper. Gillette's population had increased 48% in the ten years after the 2000 census, which counted 19,646 residents, after a boom in its local fossil fuel industries. Gillette is centrally located in an area devoted to the development of vast quantities of coal, oil, and coalbed methane gas. The city calls itself the "Energy Capital of the Nation", because Wyoming p…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Gillette grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #14 of 28 in Wyoming. It grades B for health, C+ for safety and C for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
14 notable people were born here, including Eric Barlow and Mary Throne.
