Cheyenne is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 52,763 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Cheyenne is the largest community in Wyoming.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cheyenne is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cheyenne is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cheyenne who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.70%), sales jobs (11.78%), and management occupations (8.39%).

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Cheyenne, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

One of the benefits of Cheyenne is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.55 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.

One notable thing about Cheyenne is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Cheyenne is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 96.5% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Cheyenne Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Cheyenne is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.55% of adults in Cheyenne have a college degree.

The per capita income in Cheyenne in 2000 was $19,809, which is upper middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,236 for a family of four.

The people who call Cheyenne home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cheyenne is White, followed by 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 12.90% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Cheyenne include German, English, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, French, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Cheyenne is English. Some people also speak Spanish.