City comparison
Cheyenne, WY is about 750 miles (1,200 km) from Dallas, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 900 miles, or about 15 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Cheyenne, WY to Dallas, TX takes about 1 h 27 min, covering roughly 750 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Cheyenne, WY is on Mountain Time and Dallas, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Cheyenne, it's 1 p.m. in Dallas, which puts Cheyenne 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Dallas has a population of 1,300,642, vs 64,795 in Cheyenne — about 20.1× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 36 sq mi for Cheyenne.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Cheyenne | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $993/mo | $1,305/mo | 31.4% higher in Dallas |
| Median home value | $283,100 | $270,700 | 4.6% higher in Cheyenne |
| Median household income | $74,989 | $63,985 | 17.2% higher in Cheyenne |
| Groceries index | 96.2 | 101.7 | 5.8% higher in Dallas |
| Utilities index | 82.2 | 89.3 | 8.6% higher in Dallas |
| Transportation index | 100.8 | 98.5 | 2.3% higher in Cheyenne |
| Healthcare index | 100.8 | 99.7 | 1.1% higher in Cheyenne |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Cheyenne, you'd need $113,606 in Dallas to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Cheyenne, WY is about 12% cheaper overall than Dallas, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 31% higher in Dallas than in Cheyenne. If you earn $80,000 in Cheyenne, you'd need about $90,885 in Dallas to keep the same standard of living.