Dixon vs Medicine Bow

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

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

Dixon has the higher population (316 vs 257 in Medicine Bow). Dixon has the higher median household income ($70,156 vs $31,538 in Medicine Bow). Dixon has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $72,300 in Medicine Bow).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
Population	316	257
Median age	14.6 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,156	$31,538
Median home value	$118,100	$72,300
Median gross rent	—	$531
Housing units	90	197
Homeownership rate	92.2%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
Population	91 → 316 (+247.3%)	284 → 257 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$24,464 → $70,156 (+186.8%)	$33,487 → $31,538 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $118,100 (+11.1%)	$106,300 → $72,300 (-32.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$560 → $531 (-5.2%)

Dixon

Population

91316

Median household income

$24,464$70,156

Median home value

$106,300$118,100

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)

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
Under 5	11.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	39.9%	0.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	34.8%	0.8%
35 to 44	1.6%	4.7%
45 to 54	3.2%	5.4%
55 to 64	2.5%	30.0%
65 to 74	3.8%	29.2%
75 and over	1.6%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	55.1%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
No high school diploma	36.7%	19.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
Drove alone	40.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	55.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
1-unit, detached	41.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	58.9%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Medicine Bow
Poverty rate	40.4%	30.0%
Average household size	4.94	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	8
Median year structure built	1980	1975