Rawlins is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 7,952 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rawlins is the 12th largest community in Wyoming.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rawlins is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rawlins is a city of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rawlins who work in office and administrative support (10.91%), teaching (7.82%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.80%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Rawlins has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Rawlins has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rawlins than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rawlins may be for you. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.53 minutes getting to work every day. Rawlins is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Rawlins citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.41% of adults 25 and older in Rawlins have a college degree. The per capita income in Rawlins in 2022 was $35,288, which is lower middle income relative to Wyoming, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,152 for a family of four. However, Rawlins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rawlins is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rawlins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rawlins residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rawlins also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rawlins include German, English, Irish, Danish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Rawlins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
