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Cheyenne Wells is a tiny town of 979 people in Cheyenne County, Colorado. It's about 128 miles from Pueblo, CO and 150 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 20 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $173k and rent runs about $943 a month.
979people
$173kTypical home
$943/moRent
91° / 44°Summer / winter
20"Snow
292Sunny days
55Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 979
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 915 people per sq mi
- 150 mi to Denver, CO
- 128 mi to Pueblo, CO
- 100 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $173k (≈$1,092/mo)
- Median rent $943/mo
- Median household income $73k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 0.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 292 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 73 cloudy days a year
- 28 of 90 winter days are gray
- 55 days a year with rain or snow
- 20" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 8 days a year over 100°F
- 19 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (172 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 22% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 15 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 108 mi to GCK airport
- 126 mi to COS (major hub)
- 52 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,305 ft
- 752 mi to the ocean
- 169 mi to a big lake
- 72 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 180 mi to the nearest ski area
- 42 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 124 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 33 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 119 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 51 mi to the nearest vet
- 33 mi to the nearest dog park
- 87 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cheyenne County: R+78 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk