Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Rawlins is worth considering.
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 percentage of adults in Rawlins who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.41% of the adults in Rawlins have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
