Cheyenne vs Warren AFB

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

Cheyenne and Warren AFB 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 2,734 in Warren AFB). Cheyenne has the higher median household income ($77,176 vs $60,048 in Warren AFB). Since 2019, Warren AFB's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
Population	64,976	2,734
Median age	38.9 yrs	22.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,176	$60,048
Median home value	$311,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,470
Housing units	30,698	836
Homeownership rate	67.7%	1.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
Population	63,607 → 64,976 (+2.2%)	2,456 → 2,734 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$64,598 → $77,176 (+19.5%)	$75,142 → $60,048 (-20.1%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $311,200 (+45.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,035 (+13.1%)	$1,226 → $1,470 (+19.9%)

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

Warren AFB

Population

2,4562,734

Median household income

$75,142$60,048

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,470

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
Under 5	5.7%	10.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	35.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	25.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	4.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	0.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	0.0%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	67.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
Drove alone	81.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
1-unit, detached	64.6%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	66.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Cheyenne	Warren AFB
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	11
Median year structure built	1975	1996