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Cheyenne, WY

65,163 Population
36.3 square miles 1,793.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 38.3 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Wyoming: 39.3 ±0.4

Economics

$42,692 ±$3,251 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $40,881 ±$1,996
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $39,966 ±$1,696
$74,244 ±$11,301 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $75,112 ±$4,883
  • a little higher than the amount in Wyoming: $72,415 ±$2,357

10.5% ±3.7% (6,779  ±2,392) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 11% † 11,008 (±3.5% / ±3,440)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 11.3% 64,309 (±1.1% / ±6,371)

16.2 minutes ±1 (509,440  ±36,567) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 17.9 828,630 (±1 / ±49,059)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)

Families

30,643 ±1,282 Number of households
  • the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 44,460 ±928
  • Wyoming: 247,368 ±3,204
2.1 ±0.1 (64,511  ±91) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 2.2 99,727 (±0.1 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 570,147

8.3% ±4.4% (1,195  ±635) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 9.2% † 2,040 (±3.6% / ±808)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 6.6% † 8,487 (±1.1% / ±1,419)

Housing

32,201 ±1,176 Number of housing units
  • the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 46,692 ±47
  • Wyoming: 280,119 ±109

$340,800 ±$15,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $357,300 ±$16,788
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $298,700 ±$8,550

13.5% ±4.3% (8,635  ±2,763.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 13.1% † 12,999 (±3.5% / ±3,447.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 13.8% 79,424 (±1.2% / ±6,807.2)

Social

96.5% ±6.7% (45,600  ±3,444.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 95.3% 66,518 (±5.7% / ±4,040.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 93.9% 379,309 (±2.4% / ±10,028.2)
33.4% ±4.1% (15,760  ±1,996.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 33.4% † 23,293 (±3.4% / ±2,356.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 30.4% 122,876 (±1.5% / ±6,027.2)

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

1.9% ±0.7% (1,256  ±485) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 3.1% 3,131
  • about half the rate in Wyoming: 3.6% 21,278

12.3% ±2.7% (6,188  ±1,364) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 11.6% † 8,707 (±1.8% / ±1,379)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 8.7% 39,015 (±0.7% / ±3,069)
6,188 Total veterans ±1,364 4,920 Male ±987 1,268 Female ±667

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