Kansas · Census place 2012775

Cheney, Kansas

Cheney is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas with an estimated 2,174 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,174; #108 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: -0.3%; -6 people
Land area: 2.3 sq mi
Density: 937 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Cheney. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Cheney population, 2020 to 2024

Cheney lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,179. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cheney covers 2.32 square miles of land, for 937 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Cheney is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cheney is in

All of Cheney's residents live in Sedgwick County, which had 536,081 residents in 2024. Cheney holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cheney

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cheney by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67025. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cheney is

The Census internal point of Cheney is at 37.635300, -97.779700. Topeka, the capital, is 149.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Goddard, KS (6,009 people), 12.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 24.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 37.635300, -97.779700
DMS: 37°38'7.08"N 97°46'46.92"W
UTM: 14N 607669.6E 4166052.3N
Geohash: 9ydqngqcx
Plus code: 8694J6PC+44

Daylight in Cheney

At 37.64° N, Cheney gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cheney

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Goddard, 12.3 miles away, with 6,009 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cheney, KS?

2,174 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.3%) from 2,180 in July 2020.

What county is Cheney in?

Sedgwick County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Cheney?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67025.

How far is Cheney from Topeka?

149.9 miles (241.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Cheney.

What is the nearest larger city to Cheney?

Goddard, KS, with 6,009 residents, 12.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.