About Baggs

Baggs is a tiny town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 637 people and just one neighborhood, Baggs is the 45th largest community in Wyoming.

Baggs is a blue-collar town, with 47.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Baggs is a town of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baggs who work in farm management (12.83%), office and administrative support jobs (9.91%), and teaching (6.12%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Baggs work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

A relatively large number of people in Baggs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 12.09 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small town, Baggs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Baggs Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Baggs who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.38% of the adults in Baggs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Baggs in 2000 was $18,814, which is upper middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,256 for a family of four.

The people who call Baggs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Baggs is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Baggs include German, English, Irish, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, French, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Baggs is English. Some people also speak Spanish.