Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Work and commuting in Cheyenne Wells
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Colorado as a whole has 21%. About one in four work in Cheyenne Wells itself; outside it, Kit Carson draws the most (7%, 24 miles). Working residents average 13 minutes each way, next to 25 for Colorado and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cheyenne Wells, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Cheyenne Wells are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 25 across Colorado. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Colorado worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cheyenne Wells than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cheyenne Wells fell from 330 in 2013 to 225 in 2023, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Cheyenne Wells commutes less than 28 miles
About 42% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 13 minutes in Cheyenne Wells
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cheyenne Wells workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 510 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Cheyenne Wells
225 jobs are based in Cheyenne Wells.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cheyenne Wells, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 225. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cheyenne Wells’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Cheyenne Wells for work, and who comes in
On a workday 175 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Cheyenne Wells goes to work
Where Cheyenne Wells clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cheyenne Wells: questions
What is the median household income in Cheyenne Wells?
$72,759 (±$25,086) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cheyenne Wells?
11.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cheyenne Wells?
13 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cheyenne Wells work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kit Carson (7%, 24 mi), Denver (4%, 150 mi), Colorado Springs (3%, 130 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cheyenne Wells without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cheyenne Wells, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cheyenne Wells
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.