Work & commute · Cheyenne Wells

Work & commute in Cheyenne Wells, CO

About one in 4 of Cheyenne Wells’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kit Carson (7%), Denver (4%) and Colorado Springs (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

60 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 175 Cheyenne Wells residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheyenne Wells.

175live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheyenne Wells goes to work

Cheyenne Wells (in town)right here

26%60

Kit Carson24.2 mi away

7%17

Denver150.1 mi away

4%9

Colorado Springs129.7 mi away

3%8

Lamar53.3 mi away

3%7

Greeley169.5 mi away

3%7

Burlington33.8 mi away

2%5

Eads32.8 mi away

2%4

Limon77.9 mi away

2%4

Lakewood159.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%110

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cheyenne Wells commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

13%

12%

42%

32%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheyenne Wells is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheyenne Wells are

225 jobs are based in Cheyenne Wells. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cheyenne Wells’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cheyenne Wells

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cheyenne Wells residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−32%

Jobs based in Cheyenne Wells, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 225. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.