Cheyenne vs Ranchettes

A side-by-side comparison of Cheyenne and Ranchettes: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheyenne and Ranchettes are places in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cheyenne has the higher population (64,976 vs 6,389 in Ranchettes). Ranchettes has the higher median household income ($124,426 vs $77,176 in Cheyenne). Ranchettes has the higher median home value ($560,900 vs $311,200 in Cheyenne).

Population, income & housing

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
Population	64,976	6,389
Median age	38.9 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,176	$124,426
Median home value	$311,200	$560,900
Median gross rent	$1,035	$658
Housing units	30,698	2,503
Homeownership rate	67.7%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
Population	63,607 → 64,976 (+2.2%)	6,289 → 6,389 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$64,598 → $77,176 (+19.5%)	$99,403 → $124,426 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $311,200 (+45.2%)	$379,200 → $560,900 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,035 (+13.1%)	$474 → $658 (+38.8%)

Cheyenne

Population

63,60764,976

Median household income

$64,598$77,176

Median home value

$214,300$311,200

Median gross rent

$915$1,035

Ranchettes

Population

6,2896,389

Median household income

$99,403$124,426

Median home value

$379,200$560,900

Median gross rent

$474$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
Under 5	5.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	3.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	19.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	15.3%
75 and over	7.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	80.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	3.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
Drove alone	81.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.6%	17.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
1-unit, detached	64.6%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheyenne	Ranchettes
Poverty rate	9.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1975	1992