Wyoming is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 8,305 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Wyoming is the 221st largest community in Ohio.

Wyoming is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.44% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wyoming is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wyoming who work in management occupations (19.07%), sales jobs (13.91%), and teaching (9.73%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Wyoming has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Also of interest is that Wyoming has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Wyoming is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Wyoming is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Wyoming really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Wyoming perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Wyoming is a very car-oriented city. 97.67% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Wyoming is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Wyoming has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Wyoming 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.

Wyoming Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Wyoming. 67.98% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Wyoming in 2000 was $38,180, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,720 for a family of four. However, Wyoming contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wyoming home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wyoming is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wyoming include German, Irish, English, Italian, Russian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Wyoming is English.