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Cheyenne, WY

65,698 Population
36.5 square miles 1,801.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 40.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,587 ±$2,860 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $41,906 ±$2,064
  • a little less than the amount in Wyoming: $44,008 ±$1,803
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,813 ±$7,652 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $83,258 ±$6,017
  • a little higher than the amount in Wyoming: $75,532 ±$2,468
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.7% ±3% (5,649  ±1,917) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 7.6% † 7,641 (±2.8% / ±2,800)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 10.1% † 58,071 (±1.2% / ±6,805)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.1 minutes ±1.2 (503,830  ±40,829) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 17.8 824,600 (±1 / ±50,771)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

30,677 ±1,209 Number of households
  • the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 45,419 ±940
  • Wyoming: 256,289 ±2,645
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (64,954  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 2.2 100,473 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 2.2 573,820
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±3.1% (810  ±478) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 7% † 1,594 (±3.2% / ±736)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% † 8,021 (±1.1% / ±1,428)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,337 ±1,108 Number of housing units
  • the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 46,954 ±42
  • Wyoming: 281,789 ±133
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$360,800 ±$11,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $372,400 ±$14,656
  • a little higher than the amount in Wyoming: $339,500 ±$8,452
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.3% ±3.5% (8,641  ±2,249) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 14.7% † 14,735 (±3.5% / ±3,482.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 12.5% 72,492 (±1.1% / ±6,410.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.9% ±6.8% (44,491  ±3,359.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 96.9% 68,472 (±5.6% / ±4,018)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 94.4% 386,514 (±2.4% / ±10,179.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.9% ±4.1% (16,025  ±1,948.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 33.4% 23,592 (±3.2% / ±2,281.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 32.3% 132,150 (±1.5% / ±6,197.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.3% ±1.4% (2,176  ±923) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 3% 3,049
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,456
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.4% ±2.5% (6,159  ±1,251) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 13.1% † 10,123 (±2.1% / ±1,602)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wyoming: 8.1% 37,301 (±0.6% / ±2,954)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,159 Total veterans ±1,251 5,471 Male ±1,161 688 Female ±414

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