Cheyenne is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 65,168 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Cheyenne is the largest community in Wyoming.
Also of interest is that Cheyenne has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One of the benefits of Cheyenne is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.85 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The education level of Cheyenne citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.85% of adults in Cheyenne have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Cheyenne in 2022 was $43,320, which is wealthy relative to Wyoming, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,280 for a family of four. However, Cheyenne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cheyenne is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cheyenne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cheyenne residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cheyenne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cheyenne include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Cheyenne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.