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Cheyenne Wells, CO

949 Population
1.1 square miles 887.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±14 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cheyenne County: 43 ±1.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$35,794 ±$5,870 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cheyenne County: $38,468 † ±$4,456
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$61,705 ±$19,093 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cheyenne County: $67,768 † ±$12,996
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

11.6% ±7.1% (106  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Cheyenne County: 11.4% † 193 (±4.9% / ±85)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

12.9 minutes ±3.3 (6,190  ±1,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cheyenne County: 14.9 † 12,205 (±2.6 / ±2,622)
  • about half the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

437 ±63 Number of households
  • Cheyenne County: 751 † ±78
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.1 ±0.4 (917  ±122) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cheyenne County: 2.3 † 1,691 (±0.3 / ±144)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

1.2% ±1.8% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cheyenne County: 1.8% † 5 (±2.1% / ±6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

509 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Cheyenne County: 965 ±83
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$159,800 ±$32,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cheyenne County: $187,100 † ±$31,159
  • about one-third of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

7.1% ±4.6% (67  ±44.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cheyenne County: 5.4% † 94 (±2.6% / ±45.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

88.3% ±8.9% (624  ±101.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cheyenne County: 91.7% 1,139 (±6.3% / ±130)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
25.9% ±8.1% (183  ±61.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cheyenne County: 24.4% † 303 (±5.4% / ±72.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.2% ±5% (59  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cheyenne County: 9% † 156 (±5.1% / ±90)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

5.7% ±2.6% (44  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cheyenne County: 7.4% † 99 (±2.5% / ±34)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
44 Total veterans ±21 34 Male ±18 10 Female ±12

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