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A town of 1,111, settled in 1923.
Pine Bluffs’ best subject grade is an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a C− for incomes. Pine Bluffs’ average trip to work is 10 minutes, where Wyoming’s towns sit at 15 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 29 Wyoming towns, just 1 have a lower median rent than Pine Bluffs. Pine Bluffs is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 69% of U.S. towns. Only 4 of Wyoming’s 42 towns score higher on civic life. Pine Bluffs High School is on the National Register of Historic Places. Pine Bluffs has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
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Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wyoming), ordered by how far Pine Bluffs is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1868.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pine Bluffs, 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 Pine Bluffs.
Its public schools are run by the Laramie County School District #2. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Bluffs ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 177 | B− |
| Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 189 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WY on state tests and graduation
Pine Bluffs has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 14° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Pine Bluffs for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Pine Bluffs fell to 535 in 2023, 41 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Cheyenne (51%), Fox Farm-College (3%) and Casper (2%).
| Pine Bluffs | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 50% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 3.6 per 1,000 residents, Pine Bluffs’ violent crime rate is above both Wyoming’s towns (1.5) and U.S. towns (1.6). The property crime rate in Pine Bluffs is 5.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Pine Bluffs | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.5 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (19% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 33% of residents (37% statewide). Pine Bluffs has lost 4.3% of its people since 2020, down to 1,111 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across Wyoming.
Somewhere between 27% and 66% women
The Census survey reached too few of Pine Bluffs’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±19.7 points. Across Wyoming, 48.9% of residents are women.
| Pine Bluffs | WY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.1% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 3.3% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 22% | 12.7% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.3% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 5.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.6% | 27.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.6% | 24.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 11.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.8% | 19.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.4% | 11.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Pine Bluffs home is worth about $331,000, up 5.4% in a year, 10% below the Wyoming typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pine Bluffs beats the Wyoming average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 72% of Pine Bluffs adults had a checkup this year.
| Pine Bluffs | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 68% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pine Bluffs | WY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 9.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
5.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Pine Bluffs’ trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Pine Bluffs; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Pine Bluffs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wyoming.
Town in Wyoming, United States
Pine Bluffs is a town in eastern Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It is located on the county's border with Nebraska. Pine Bluffs is part of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Pine Bluffs had a population of 1,172. It was first known as Rock Ranch, but the name was changed by railroad officials for the pines on the nearby bluffs.
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That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($80,173 across the Cheyenne, WY 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 B−.