Cheyenne

City Commute Profile

Cheyenne, WY

Where Cheyenne’s 31,452 resident workers go each day — 69.2% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Fox Farm-College.

WyomingLODES 2023 data
87
Commute Score

87 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Cheyenne at a glance
Employed Residents
31,452
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
38.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
69.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fox Farm-College
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cheyenne proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Cheyenne commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Cheyenne

31,452 commutes, one dot at a time

Cheyenne

Where 31,452 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Cheyenne, by worker count.

1Cheyenne0.0 mi21,768
2Fox Farm-College2.3 mi927
3Laramie42.6 mi785
4Casper140.6 mi458
5Fort Collins43.0 mi432
6Ranchettes3.6 mi320
7South Greeley3.7 mi254
8Greeley50.6 mi232

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cheyenne.

1Cheyenne0.0 mi21,768
2Ranchettes3.6 mi2,004
3South Greeley3.7 mi1,388
4Laramie42.6 mi1,089
5Fox Farm-College2.3 mi1,067
6Casper140.6 mi692
7Greeley50.6 mi424
8Gillette219.3 mi305

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cheyenne’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.2%
PAPublic Administration15.7%
RTRetail Trade13.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.3%
EDEducational Services6.8%
COConstruction5.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.6%
FIFinance and Insurance4.4%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.2%

Cheyenne city profile

Who lives in Cheyenne — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
65,239
Median age
38.9yrs
Median household income
$78,839
Median home value
$333,700
Median gross rent
$1,118/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.5%
Poverty rate
8.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Cheyenne

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps77%
5 Gbps51%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Cheyenne

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).