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Cheyenne, WY

64,623 Population
34.1 square miles 1,896.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.5

Economics

$35,127 ±$2,324 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $37,691 ±$2,831
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $38,114 ±$1,516
$70,597 ±$6,118 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $71,621 ±$4,310
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming: $70,042 ±$2,867

11.9% ±3.8% (7,641  ±2,423) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 10.7% † 10,605 (±2.8% / ±2,808)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 11.8% † 66,943 (±1.3% / ±7,510)

15.7 minutes ±1.1 (485,725  ±37,233) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 17 787,565 (±0.9 / ±45,419)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.1 4,746,280 (±0.4 / ±106,279)

Families

28,455 ±1,228 Number of households
  • the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 42,559 ±1,241
  • Wyoming: 243,321 ±3,844
2.3 ±0.1 (64,006  ±77) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 2.3 99,561 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 † 567,881 (±2,283.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6% ±2.7% (841  ±386) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 6.3% † 1,397 (±3% / ±669)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 5.9% † 7,469 (±1.3% / ±1,607)

Housing

30,628 ±1,073 Number of housing units
  • the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 45,553 ±36
  • Wyoming: 277,106 ±67

$320,800 ±$18,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: $338,100 ±$14,205
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $292,300 ±$7,001

19% ±5.1% (12,208  ±3,268.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 16% † 16,041 (±3.5% / ±3,529.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 15.4% 88,346 (±1.4% / ±7,885)

Social

96.2% ±6.8% (42,371  ±3,364.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 95% 66,281 (±5.8% / ±4,185)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 93.7% 374,722 (±2.4% / ±9,755.2)
28.7% ±3.8% (12,639  ±1,735.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 28.4% † 19,803 (±3.1% / ±2,209.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 29.6% 118,166 (±1.4% / ±5,631.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

2.4% ±1.1% (1,557  ±714) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 2.6% † 2,632 (±14,413.1% / ±946)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 3.1% † 17,862 (±2,935.9% / ±2,355)

13.5% ±2.4% (6,563  ±1,194) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Cheyenne, WY Metro Area: 13.7% † 10,314 (±2.4% / ±1,797)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 9.4% 42,237 (±0.8% / ±3,500)
6,563 Total veterans ±1,194 5,606 Male ±1,154 957 Female ±440

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