A town of 6,182, settled in 1900. Nearly 13.3% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Torrington does most differently from other towns.
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Ordered by what stands out in Torrington. Another town gets a different order.
6.1 miles of trails across 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pioneer Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
| 2. City Park | — | 2 |
| 3. Countryside Park | — | 1 |
56% of Torrington’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (4%), Cheyenne (3%) and Casper (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.
The public schools Torrington’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Wyoming’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trail Elementary | 3–5 | 239 | C |
| Lincoln Elementary | K–2 | 238 | Not graded |
| Torrington Middle School | 6–8 | 239 | C+ |
| Torrington High School | 9–12 | 328 | C |
| Platte River School | 9–12 | 26 | Not graded |
| Saint Joseph's Children's Home | K–12 | — | Not graded |
The typical Torrington home is worth about $237,000, down 1% in a year, 36% below the Wyoming typical home.
Torrington beats the Wyoming average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| What stands out | Torrington | WY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 6.5% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.1% | 3.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 7% |
Torrington has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 90°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 31 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Torrington reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 61% report less.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 46% of U.S. communities.
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 2 places on the National Register.
2 places in Torrington on the National Register of Historic Places.
13 notable people were born in Torrington.
City in and county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States
Torrington is a city in and the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,119 at the 2020 census, down from 6,501 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Eastern Wyoming College, and is the surrounding region's center of commercial activity. Within this primarily agricultural community, there are several fertilizer plants, a former sugar beet factory which closed in 2019, and numerous tourist facilities and retail businesses that serve the local and nearby rural populations.
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