Gillette is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 33,846 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Gillette is the third largest community in Wyoming.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gillette is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.89% of the Gillette workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Gillette is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gillette who work in office and administrative support (10.95%), sales jobs (7.89%), and management occupations (7.29%). One of the benefits of Gillette is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.01 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Gillette are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.79% of adults in Gillette having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Gillette in 2022 was $38,797, which is middle income relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,188 for a family of four. However, Gillette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gillette is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gillette home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gillette residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Gillette also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.55% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gillette include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and French. The most common language spoken in Gillette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
