Work & commute · Cheyenne

Work & commute in Cheyenne, OK

About one in 4 of Cheyenne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elk City (11%), Oklahoma City (7%) and Hammon (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

50 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 172 Cheyenne residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheyenne.

172live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheyenne goes to work

Cheyenne (in town)right here

23%50

Elk City20.7 mi away

11%25

Oklahoma City122 mi away

7%16

Hammon16.5 mi away

6%14

Sweetwater19.3 mi away

5%12

Reydon14.1 mi away

4%8

Vici42.7 mi away

2%4

Leedey25.7 mi away

2%4

Clinton40.3 mi away

2%4

El Reno96.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%81

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.

24%

36%

12%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheyenne is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheyenne are

380 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

380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Cheyenne residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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Jobs based in Cheyenne, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 380. 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.