Work & commute · Cheyenne

Work & commute in Cheyenne, WY

70% of Cheyenne’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fox Farm-College (3%), Laramie (2%) and Casper (1%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70%

20,424 of 29,381 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 8,957 Cheyenne residents head out of town to work, 20,424 work right here, and 16,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheyenne.

8,957live here, work elsewhere

20,424live and work here

16,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheyenne goes to work

Cheyenne (in town)right here

70%20,424

Fox Farm-College1.4 mi away

3%829

Laramie43.8 mi away

2%718

Casper141.9 mi away

1%428

Fort Collins, CO42.4 mi away

1%399

Ranchettes6.4 mi away

1%283

South Greeley2.5 mi away

1%222

Warren AFB3.5 mi away

1%209

Greeley, CO49.4 mi away

1%208

Gillette220.1 mi away

1%203

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%5,458

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.

79%

13%

79%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheyenne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheyenne are

37,347 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

37,347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cheyenne residents hold

29,381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Cheyenne, 2013 → 2023: 35,484 → 37,347. 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.