Cheney is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 8,972 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Cheney is the 91st largest community in Washington.

Cheney is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.16% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cheney is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cheney who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.22%), sales jobs (11.32%), and food service (8.20%).

Cheney is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Cheney area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Cheney maintain a good economy.

Cheney is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Cheney Information and Demographics

The citizens of Cheney are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.29% of adults in Cheney have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cheney in 2000 was $12,566, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $50,264 for a family of four.

Cheney is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cheney home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cheney is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cheney include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Cheney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Japanese.