Commuting in Cheyenne County, Colorado: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Cheyenne County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cheyenne County spend about 15 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 64 hours, about 2.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 65% less time on the road than the Colorado average of 22.0 minutes each way, a difference of 14.4 minutes.
Cheyenne County holds about 0.0% of Colorado's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Cheyenne County would save about 26 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $794 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Cheyenne County
7.7 min
15.4 min
64 hrs/yr
$1,986
131
Colorado
22.0 min
44.1 min
184 hrs/yr
$5,694
1,277
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
7.7
minutes to get to work in
Cheyenne County.
That's 66% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in Colorado
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Cheyenne County
Car:
83.0%
Worked at Home:
12.1%
Walked:
4.3%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Other:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Cheyenne County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.
Public transit is essentially absent in Cheyenne County, versus 1.6% in Colorado.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cheyenne County, versus 0.1% in Colorado.
Commute Mode Trends in Cheyenne County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Cheyenne County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
87.9%
7.4%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
82.9%
13.9%
3.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
85.0%
11.2%
3.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
84.0%
11.8%
3.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
79.7%
15.3%
3.6%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
80.7%
12.8%
4.8%
0.7%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
81.3%
10.5%
6.1%
0.5%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
77.1%
14.8%
5.6%
0.5%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
78.9%
11.7%
6.6%
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
84.1%
8.7%
4.7%
0.0%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
84.9%
9.1%
3.8%
0.0%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
86.7%
8.5%
3.5%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
87.0%
8.9%
3.1%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
86.2%
10.7%
2.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.5%
10.4%
2.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
83.0%
12.1%
4.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2016 at 77.1%. Overall it fell from 87.9% in 2009 to 83.0% in 2024, down 4.9 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Cheyenne County: its share of workers rose from 7.4% in 2009 to 12.1% in 2024, up 4.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 15.3% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 12.1%.
Commute Start Times in Cheyenne County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cheyenne County?
The bars show when commuters in Cheyenne County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Colorado for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMCheyenne County5.3%Colorado4.6%
5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCheyenne County0.5%Colorado3.6%
0.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCheyenne County2.0%Colorado5.0%
2.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCheyenne County10.2%Colorado8.5%
10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCheyenne County11.5%Colorado10.2%
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCheyenne County23.9%Colorado15.3%
23.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCheyenne County18.6%Colorado12.8%
18.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCheyenne County11.6%Colorado11.8%
11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCheyenne County3.1%Colorado5.4%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCheyenne County5.2%Colorado6.9%
5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCheyenne County0.5%Colorado3.2%
0.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCheyenne County0.1%Colorado1.5%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCheyenne County4.0%Colorado6.0%
4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCheyenne County3.6%Colorado5.2%
3.6%
Cheyenne CountyColoradoSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Cheyenne County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 23.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Colorado. Early starts are less common than in Colorado: 7.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Colorado: 65.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.1% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.4%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Cheyenne County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Cheyenne County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Cheyenne County next to Colorado and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Cheyenne County
Colorado
United States
2009
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:15 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:19 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:26 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Cheyenne County were on the road by 7:26 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:21 AM). Across Colorado, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Cheyenne County now leave 12 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Cheyenne County has moved 8 minutes later.
How does Cheyenne County's commute time compare?
Metric
Cheyenne County
Colorado
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
7.7 min
22.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
12.1%
21.0%
15.0%
Walked
4.3%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Cheyenne County is 7.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.0 minutes in Colorado.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.6% in Colorado. 4.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Colorado.
Cheyenne County, CO Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Cheyenne County, CO is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,741 residents against a local median of 1,417. The measure that sets Cheyenne County, CO apart most is work from home: 12.1%, 45% above the local median of 8.3%.
The counties themselves spread 14.7% on work from home, so Cheyenne County, CO sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cheyenne County, CO has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Cheyenne County, Colorado.
Is living in Cheyenne County, Colorado good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 64 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $1,986 at a typical national wage. That's 65% less than the typical Colorado commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Cheyenne County, Colorado?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Cheyenne County, Colorado. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Cheyenne County, Colorado?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.6% in Colorado, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Colorado?
Among counties in Colorado, the shortest average commutes are in Hinsdale County (6.6 min), Prowers County (7.6 min), Cheyenne County (7.7 min). The longest are in Park County (42.5 min), Elbert County (41.5 min), Teller County (31.3 min).