Work & commute · Cheyenne

Work & commute in Cheyenne, KS

Most working residents leave Cheyenne for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Dighton (35%), Healy (8%) and Scott City (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 80 Cheyenne residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheyenne.

80live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheyenne goes to work

Dighton12.1 mi away

35%31

Healy0.7 mi away

8%7

Scott City18.1 mi away

6%5

Wilson7.9 mi away

5%4

Garden City45.9 mi away

2%2

Dodge City67.2 mi away

2%2

Wichita188.6 mi away

2%2

Olathe312.7 mi away

2%2

Dighton14.7 mi away

2%2

Pierceville49.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%29

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

How far

How far Cheyenne commutes

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

17%

41%

11%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheyenne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheyenne are

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

Jobs based in Cheyenne

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cheyenne residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−22%

Jobs based in Cheyenne, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 78. 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.