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With 5,949 residents, it is a town in Wyoming.
Population
5,949
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$618K
Census ACS
Household income
$121K
median
Median age
49.5
years
Jobs based here
609
A commuter town
TownGrade
C+
#16 of 28 in WY
Is Ranchettes a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Ranchettes grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 16th of 28 in Wyoming. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): its schools rank behind 85% of the state's. It also trails on walkability (C−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Incomes are its strong suit: the median household earns $121K. Homes run about $618K for a typical one, 7.7 times the Cheyenne metro’s $80K median household income. Health is another plus: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 76% of the country.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow.
What makes Ranchettes stand out
Where Ranchettes beats most towns.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Ranchettes for work
Where Ranchettes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
609jobs based in Ranchettes
2%of working residents work in town
5 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Ranchettes grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wyoming), ordered by how far Ranchettes is from typical.
Jobs & incomeIn the top fifth of the towns comparedAOpen →SchoolsGraded on exam and test resultsC−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.5 of 20; 1.1% of households have no car; 0.5% of workers walk, bike or ride transitC−Open →HealthCheyenne Regional Medical Center 5.9 miles awayA−Open →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 23% of U.S. communities; cold waves top the listBOpen →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
OutdoorsConserved land, trails and parksC−Open →HistoryIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedD−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
Moving to Ranchettes: who provides what
Ranchettes is unincorporated, so Laramie County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerCheyenne Light Fuel & Power17.3¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterCheyenne Board of Public UtilitiesNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet10 providers96% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesLaramie CountyLaramie County provides services here
Register to voteIn personWyoming has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail (received 14 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereLaramie County ClerkLaramie County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Feb 2022
ZIP code8200982009 100%Census 2020
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 Ranchettes.
Ranchettes has less tooth loss than most of Wyoming and sends most of its workers to Cheyenne and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Wyoming.
SchoolsC−
Ranchettes’ grade for schools is a C−
Its one school is below. The Laramie County School District #1 runs its public schools. Enrollment at Ranchettes’s public school: 299 students.
15%of WY districts it outscoresC−School Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Wind ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 299 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WY on state tests and graduation
HealthA−
Ranchettes stands out in Wyoming and nationally, with fewer of its adults who binge drink
Its widest gap with Wyoming is tooth loss: 7.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.8% statewide. Against the 5,542 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ranchettes’s, it is less healthy than 54%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among 28 Wyoming towns, just one has a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Ranchettes. In Ranchettes, 11% of adults smoke cigarettes, against 15% in Wyoming’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. Ranchettes: 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours. No town among the 28 in Wyoming we compare has a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Ranchettes.
76%healthier than U.S. townsA−Health Grade
| Ranchettes | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 68% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 36% |
31 measures vs. Wyoming
15 better13 too close to call3 worse
| What stands out | Ranchettes | WY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 12.8% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8% | 11.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 8.9% |
Cheyenne VA Medical Center
5.1 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
81st
percentile among WY towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A
The median household income in Ranchettes is higher than in the typical Wyoming or U.S. town
Ranchettes has 609 jobs for its 2,850 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 21.6% of workers work from home, against 9.4% across Wyoming.
In Ranchettes, 2.9% of residents live below the poverty line, below both the Wyoming town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 28 Wyoming towns, just one has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Ranchettes. For Ranchettes, the mean commuting time is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Ranchettes grew to 609 in 2023, 122 more than in 2013.
2%work in town
| Ranchettes | Wyoming towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 51% | 8% |
| Median household income | $121,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 15 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
In Ranchettes2%
Cheyenne67%
Laramie3%
Fox Farm-College3%
Fort Collins2%
5 mi
median commute distance
609
jobs based in Ranchettes
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B
Top of a low hazard risk in Ranchettes: cold waves
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 77% of U.S. communities. 29% of Ranchettes’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 28%. The town has had 4 paid flood insurance claims since 1981.
23risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Cold wavesInland floodingTornadoes
4
paid flood claims since 1981
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Ranchettes
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
65″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter16–41°
Spring30–57°
Summer50–82°
Fall32–61°
Oct 1
typical first frost
May 12
typical last frost
+2.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
HousingCost of living grade B−
The median home in Ranchettes sells for about $750K
At 7.7 years of the Cheyenne metro’s $80K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 96% of Wyoming towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $2,912, against $1,767 across Wyoming, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Only one of the 28 Wyoming towns we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Ranchettes. On the market in the town: a median 61 days to sell.
$750Kmedian sale price
Market temperature
61
days on market
9
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Ranchettes
16pages on Ranchettes
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ranchettes
About 5 of every 100 Ranchettes residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wyoming.
About Ranchettes
Census-designated place in Wyoming, United States
Ranchettes 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 5,798 at the 2010 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 49 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,201 ft
- Area code
- 307
Ranchettes’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Ranchettes.
CheyenneRanchettes
How the neighbors grade
| Town | WY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchettes | #16 | C+ | B− | — | C− | A− |
| Cheyenne | #23 | C− | C+ | D | C− | B |
Ranchettes reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Ranchettes with a neighbor →
Questions about Ranchettes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ranchettes, WY a good place to live?
Ranchettes grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #16 of 28 in Wyoming. It grades A− for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Ranchettes, WY expensive?
The typical home is worth about $618,000, 67% above the Wyoming typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.