Fort Laramie, WY

The affordability dashboard for Fort Laramie, WY aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 474 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of D (46/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $48,529, median home value of $178,800, median rent of $1,023 per month, and 13.6% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $963 per month (studio $729, 1BR $734, 3BR $1,293, 4BR $1,615). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $5,730 per year, consuming 12% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Pressure points are income, education. Unemployment currently reads 0.6% and poverty 15.1% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.