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.
One of the benefits of Rawlins is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.53 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.
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.
