Property Tax in Laramie County, Wyoming

What the Laramie County numbers mean

Read the two medians together: $1,893 is the middle tax bill among owner-occupied households in Laramie County, and $324,900 is the middle home value. Neither figure describes a specific property — together they describe the typical homeowner's situation in the county.

The derived effective rate for Laramie County is 0.58% (median tax ÷ median value). Treat it as an estimate for comparison only: it comes from survey medians of different households, not from the county's rate schedule.

The key figures for Laramie County

For context, the Wyoming medians are $1,659 of tax on $285,100 of value, and the US medians are $2,969 on $303,400. *Derived figures are estimates from Census medians, not official rates.

Laramie County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Wyoming: #4 of 23 counties
• Median home value rank in Wyoming: #6 of 23
• Population rank in Wyoming: #1 of 23 (100,661 residents)
• Population density rank: #1 of 23 (37 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Wyoming: #15 of 23 (2,685 sq mi, 2.8% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $158; per $1,000 of home value: $0.58

How Laramie County compares

The median tax bill in Laramie County is about 14% higher than the state median ($1,659 for Wyoming) and about 36% lower than the US median ($2,969 nationally). By median taxes paid, the county ranks #4 out of 23 Wyoming counties with published Census data — 3 counties in the state have a higher median bill.

Comparisons cut both ways: a county can have a modest rate but high bills because homes are expensive, or a high rate but modest bills because homes are cheaper. Laramie County's derived rate of 0.58% sits below the derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Laramie County: the median bill works out to about $158 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $583 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 100,661 people — the #1 most populous county in Wyoming, spread over 2,685 square miles, a density of about 37 people per square mile. Its median home value, $324,900, ranks #6 among the state's 23 counties with data.

Nationally, Laramie County's median bill of $1,893 ranks #1168 of 3133 counties with published data — inside the top 37% of counties by tax paid. The county accounts for about 17.4% of Wyoming's population, its median home value is about 14% above the state median, and at the derived rate the median home would hand over roughly 5.83% of its value in tax across a decade. Within the state, the distance from Laramie County to the most expensive county, Teton County ($5,462), is $3,569 a year.

Counties nearest Laramie County in the Wyoming ranking

Laramie County and its population peers

For a like-for-like sense of scale, compare Laramie County with its national population peers: the counties nearest to its 100,661 residents, listed in the table below with their own Census medians. Of the 9 counties in that group, Laramie County's median bill of $1,893 is #4 of 9.

The closest population match is DeKalb County, Illinois (100,512 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $5,889 on a median home value of $231,900 — $3,996 less than Laramie County pays.

Laramie County's nearest population neighbours within Wyoming are Natrona County (79,735 residents, median tax $1,608 on a median value of $260,400); Campbell County (47,018 residents, median tax $1,465 on a median value of $266,400). Comparing them is a reminder that even inside one state's rules, the bill follows local home values and local district rates more than anything decided at the state level.

How the tax is worked out

Think of the final bill as three ingredients: the assessed value of the property, the exemptions subtracted from it, and the combined rate of every district the property sits in. Laramie County's medians imply a derived rate of 0.58%; applied illustratively, a $400,000 home would owe about $2,332 a year, or around $194 a month spread evenly. Individual properties depart from the illustration in both directions.

Illustrative bills in Laramie County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 0.58% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Laramie County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 0.58% and the US figure of 0.98%:

Illustration only: real bills are computed from the assessed value, exemptions, and the combined rates of the property's actual taxing districts.

Checking your assessment in Laramie County

If your bill looks wrong, work through these steps:

1. Get your property record card from the assessor and check the basics — living area, lot size, bedrooms, condition, and any exemptions you should have.
2. Compare your assessed value with recent sale prices of similar homes in Laramie County.
3. Talk to the assessor's office informally first; clear errors are often fixed without a hearing.
4. If needed, file a formal appeal with the local review board before the deadline on your assessment notice, with your evidence attached.
5. Keep paying the bill as issued while the appeal runs, unless your notice says otherwise — unpaid taxes accrue penalties regardless of an appeal.

More Wyoming counties

• Natrona County, WY — $1,608
• Campbell County, WY — $1,465
• Sweetwater County, WY — $1,469
• Fremont County, WY — $1,591
• Albany County, WY — $1,846
• Sheridan County, WY — $1,951

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