Living in Cheyenne, WY

Cheyenne sits comfortably below national crime averages. The violent crime index is 62 against a national baseline of 100, and property crime registers at 92. Most neighborhoods feel safe for walking, errands, and daily life. Like anywhere, some areas need more caution than others — ask locals or check precinct maps before picking a neighborhood. Data from the FBI UCR.

Rent in Cheyenne is genuinely cheap relative to what people earn here. Median rent is $1,035/month and median household income is $77,176/year — that's a 16.1% rent-to-income ratio, which is rare in today's housing market. Lower demand, cheaper land, or strong local wages could all be factors. Whatever the cause, your dollar stretches further here than in most places. Census ACS 2023.

Short. The average commute in Cheyenne clocks in at just 15 minutes, which is well below the national average. 81.4% of workers drive solo, and 7.6% work from home. Short commutes mean more time for everything else — it's one of the quieter advantages of living here.

Not bad. Cheyenne's combined effective tax rate is around 6.6% when you factor in income, property, and sales taxes. The sales tax rate is 6.0%. You're not in a tax haven, but you're not in a high-tax state either. If you're comparing this to somewhere like New York or California, you'll notice the difference in your take-home pay.

Everything on this page is built from public government sources: rent and income figures from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023); commute and transportation data from Census ACS tables B08303 and B08006; crime rates from the FBI Uniform Crime Report. We refresh each dataset monthly through an automated pipeline and cross-check for anomalies. No surveys, no user-submitted guesses — just official federal data presented in a way that's actually useful for people researching a move.