Baggs vs Medicine Bow

A side-by-side comparison of Baggs and Medicine Bow: population, income, housing, and more.

Baggs and Medicine Bow are places in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baggs has the higher population (411 vs 257 in Medicine Bow). Baggs has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $31,538 in Medicine Bow). Baggs has the higher median home value ($180,800 vs $72,300 in Medicine Bow).

Population, income & housing

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
Population	411	257
Median age	32.1 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$31,538
Median home value	$180,800	$72,300
Median gross rent	$698	$531
Housing units	204	197
Homeownership rate	81.3%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
Population	485 → 411 (-15.3%)	284 → 257 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $54,063 (-8.0%)	$33,487 → $31,538 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $180,800 (+38.2%)	$106,300 → $72,300 (-32.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $698 (-9.9%)	$560 → $531 (-5.2%)

Baggs

Population

485411

Median household income

$58,750$54,063

Median home value

$130,800$180,800

Median gross rent

$775$698

Medicine Bow

Population

284257

Median household income

$33,487$31,538

Median home value

$106,300$72,300

Median gross rent

$560$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
Under 5	16.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	0.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	0.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	30.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	29.2%
75 and over	10.0%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	4.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
No high school diploma	6.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	50.8%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
Drove alone	72.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	10.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
1-unit, detached	27.5%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	66.2%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Baggs	Medicine Bow
Poverty rate	6.6%	30.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	8
Median year structure built	1981	1975