Guernsey, Wyoming

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Population (year 2000): 1,147

Males: 563	(49.1%)
Females: 584	(50.9%)

Platte County

Median resident age:	40.2 years
Wyoming median age:	36.2 years

Zip codes: 82214.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,100 (it was $30,758 in 2000)

Guernsey	$35,100
Wyoming:	$46,202

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $81,000 (it was $67,700 in 2000)

Guernsey	$81,000
Wyoming:	$135,000

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Races in Guernsey:

White Non-Hispanic (88.0%)
Hispanic (8.1%)
Other race (3.7%)
Two or more races (3.3%)
American Indian (3.1%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: German (40.3%), Irish (21.6%), English (16.4%), United States (7.7%), Dutch (5.9%), Swedish (4.3%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 4366 feet

Land area: 1.07 square miles.

Population density: 1067 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Guernsey

High school or higher: 86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
Unemployed: 6.8%
Mean travel time to work: 10.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Guernsey town

Never married: 18.1%
Now married: 61.0%
Separated: 0.9%
Widowed: 7.9%
Divorced: 12.1%

18 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.6%
Wyoming:	2.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Guernsey:	0.5% ($365)
Wyoming:	0.6% ($627)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Cheyenne, WY (77.7 miles , pop. 53,011).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (166.3 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (786.9 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Hartville, WY (4.3 miles) , Fort Laramie, WY (16.0 miles ), Lakeview North, WY (18.6 miles) , Chugcreek, WY (19.3 miles) , Wheatland, WY (20.9 miles ), Y-O Ranch, WY (20.9 miles ), Glendo, WY (25.3 miles ), Westview Circle, WY (25.9 miles) .

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 4 buildings, average cost: $86,600
1997: 4 buildings, average cost: $71,300
1998: 2 buildings, average cost: $28,500
1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $55,000
2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $123,500
2001: 2 buildings, average cost: $112,500
2002: 1 building, cost: $48,000
2003: 2 buildings, average cost: $50,000
2004: 8 buildings, average cost: $104,800
2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $104,800
2006: 9 buildings, average cost: $104,800

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

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Latitude: 42.27 N, Longitude: 104.74 W

Area code: 307

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Most common industries for males:

Rail transportation (24%)
Public administration (15%)
Construction (8%)
Utilities (7%)
Educational services (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Mining (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (25%)
Educational services (19%)
Social assistance (9%)
Public administration (9%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Rail transportation (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Rail and water transportation workers (7%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Carpenters (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Waiters and waitresses (8%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Child care workers (5%)
Cashiers (5%)

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Crime in Guernsey by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	1	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	88.7	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	2	5	1	2	3	0
per 100,000	174.2	431.8	87.6	177.5	266.2	0.0
Burglaries	5	5	4	8	6	2
per 100,000	435.5	431.8	350.6	709.8	532.4	176.8
Thefts	16	24	7	6	10	5
per 100,000	1393.7	2072.5	613.5	532.4	887.3	442.1
Auto thefts	0	0	2	0	6	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	175.3	0.0	532.4	0.0
Arson	1	0	0	0	1	0
per 100,000	87.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	88.7	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8)	121.1	199.5	80.6	106.5	239.6	30.1

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.62
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Guernsey, Wyoming

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Guernsey-area historical tornado activity is significantly above Wyoming state average. It is 45% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/27/1955, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 32.8 miles away from the Guernsey town center injured 3 people and caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.

On 6/26/1955, a category 3 tornado 35.6 miles away from the town center .

Hospitals/medical centers near Guernsey:

PLATTE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; WHEATLAND, WY)
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 40 miles; TORRINGTON, WY)
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF CONVERSE COUNTY (about 64 miles; DOUGLAS, WY)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Guernsey:

CHEYENNE (about 77 miles; CHEYENNE, WY; ID: CYS)
WESTERN NEB. RGNL/WILLIAM B. HEILIG FIELD (about 85 miles; SCOTTSBLUFF, NE; ID: BFF)
LARAMIE REGIONAL (about 93 miles; LARAMIE, WY; ID: LAR)

Other public-use airports nearest to Guernsey:

CAMP GUERNSEY (about 3 miles; GUERNSEY, WY; ID: 7V6)
PHIFER AIRFIELD (about 20 miles; WHEATLAND, WY; ID: EAN)
THOMAS MEMORIAL (about 26 miles; GLENDO, WY; ID: 76V)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Guernsey:

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (about 83 miles; LARAMIE, WY; Full-time enrollment: 9,665)
CASPER COLLEGE (about 116 miles; CASPER, WY; FT enrollment: 2,564)
CHADRON STATE COLLEGE (about 117 miles; CHADRON, NE; FT enrollment: 2,144)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO (about 129 miles; GREELEY, CO; FT enrollment: 10,983)
AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 130 miles; GREELEY, CO; FT enrollment: 3,722)
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 135 miles; Fort Collins, CO; FT enrollment: 22,684)
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER (about 156 miles; BOULDER, CO; FT enrollment: 25,355)

Public high school in Guernsey:

GUERNSEY-SUNRISE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 86; Location: 172 WEST BURLINGTON; Grades: 09 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Guernsey:

GUERNSEY-SUNRISE ELEMENTARY (Students: 125; Location: 555 SOUTH WYOMING STREET; Grades: KG - 06)
GUERNSEY-SUNRISE JUNIOR HIGH (Students: 48; Location: 172 WEST BURLINGTON; Grades: 07 - 08)

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Hotels: Morgan's Sage Brush Motel (Highway 26), Guernsey Hotel (15 South Wyoming Avenue).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Guernsey and their reported violations in the past:

GUERNSEY, TOWN OF (Population served: 1152, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In FEB-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: Fed FAO issued (AUG-25-2003), St Compliance achieved (MAY-25-2004)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: Fed FAO issued (AUG-25-2003), Fed Compliance achieved (JUN-02-2005)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: Fed FAO issued (AUG-25-2003), Fed Compliance achieved (JUN-02-2005)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: Fed FAO issued (AUG-25-2003), Fed Compliance achieved (JUN-02-2005)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JAN-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUN-02-2005)

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

2 minor monitoring violations

ARNG-DEERCORN SPRINGS WL#4-CAMP GUERNSEY (Population served: 800, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

ARNG-LAW RANGE WELL #5-CAMP GUERNSEY (Population served: 800, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

ARNG-RYAN SPRINGS WELL #6-CAMP GUERNSEY (Population served: 800, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

ARMY RESERVE NAT GRD TRNG SITE-WELLS (Population served: 170, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2000 and DEC-2000, Contaminant: Coliform

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

GUERNSEY ST PARK LONG CANYON (Population served: 50, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

GUERNSEY ST PARK SANDY BEACH 2 (Population served: 50, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

GUERNSEY ST PARK SANDY BEACH 1 (Population served: 40, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:

This town:	2.3 people
Wyoming:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	62.1%
Whole state:	67.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.6%
Whole state:	5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	10.9%
Whole state:	11.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	6.9%
Whole state:	4.5%

Guernsey compared to Wyoming state average:

Guernsey, Wyoming environmental map by EPA

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Median house value below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Banks with branches in Guernsey (2007 data):

Oregon Trail Bank: at Whalen Street And Wyoming Avenue, branch established on 1964-05-16. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $26.9 mil, Deposits: $24.2 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Community Bankshares Of Wyoming
First State Bank: 250 West Whalen Branch at 250 West Whalen, branch established on 2006-07-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $197.5 mil, Deposits: $170.4 mil, headquarters in Wheatland, WY, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Wheatland Bankshares, Inc.

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Guernsey mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Platte County Wyoming:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Electric Power	2	$8,398	$50,388	0	$0
Streets and Highways	2	$5,561	$33,366	0	$0
Water Supply	2	$5,154	$30,924	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	2	$4,050	$24,300	15	$1,816
Sewerage	2	$4,543	$27,258	0	$0
Police Protection - Officers	5	$10,594	$25,426	0	$0
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		1	$882
Other Government Administration	0	$0		5	$4,726
Financial Administration	1	$2,167	$26,004	2	$453
Totals for Government	16	$40,467	$30,350	23	$7,877

Guernsey government finances in 2002:

Charges - Air Transportation: $32,000
Charges - Sewerage: $144,000
Solid Waste Management: $126,000

Parks & Recreation: $66,000

All Other: $18,000
Construction - Parks & Recreation: $25,000
Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $552,000
Water Utilities: $231,000

Police Protection: $228,000

Parks & Recreation: $200,000

Financial Administration: $191,000

Solid Waste Management: $162,000

Sewerage: $133,000

Regular Highways: $95,000

Air Transportation: $76,000

Health Services - Other: $52,000

Fire Protection: $35,000

General - Other: $21,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $15,000

Libraries: $7,000

Welfare - Other: $6,000

Central Staff Services: $3,000
Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $15,000
General - Interest on Debt: $19,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $169,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $469,000
Electric Utilities: $229,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $325,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $242,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $315,000
Electric Utilities: $229,000

Water Utilities: $227,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $10,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $31,000
General Revenue, NEC: $20,000

Rents: $15,000

Special Assessments: $1,000

Property Sale Other: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $29,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,387,000
Revenue - Electric Utilities: $583,000
Water Utilities: $317,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $63,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $607,000
All Other: $40,000

Water Utilities: $26,000

Highways: $20,000
Tax - Property: $71,000
Public Utilities: $7,000

NEC: $4,000

Other Selective Sales: $4,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $488,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $33,000

8.35% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,204 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.35%
Wyoming average:	9.04%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Laramie County, WY	0.93% ($34,033 average AGI)
from Natrona County, WY	0.62% ($28,650)
from Albany County, WY	0.53% ($31,118)

7.89% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,221 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.89%
Wyoming average:	8.50%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Laramie County, WY	1.43% ($28,630 average AGI)
to Natrona County, WY	0.75% ($24,708)
to Goshen County, WY	0.56% ($21,722)

Strongest AM radio stations in Guernsey:

KTWO (1030 AM; 50 kW; CASPER, WY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KIMB (1260 AM; 50 kW; KIMBALL, NE; Owner: G & L INVESTMENTS, LLC)
KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
KUYO (830 AM; daytime; 25 kW; EVANSVILLE, WY; Owner: WYOMING CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KGAB (650 AM; 9 kW; ORCHARD VALLEY, WY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
KLMO (1060 AM; 30 kW; LONGMONT, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KJJL (1370 AM; 10 kW; CHEYENNE, WY; Owner: CHRISTUS BROADCASTING, INC.)
KKHI (1210 AM; 10 kW; LARAMIE, WY; Owner: LARAMIE MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
KKWY (1630 AM; 10 kW; FOX FARM, WY; Owner: CHRISTUS BROADCASTING, INC.)
KSIR (1010 AM; 25 kW; BRUSH, CO; Owner: JMS BROADCASTING, LLC)

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