Encampment vs Medicine Bow

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

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

Encampment has the higher population (491 vs 257 in Medicine Bow). Encampment has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $31,538 in Medicine Bow). Encampment has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $72,300 in Medicine Bow).

Population, income & housing

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
Population	491	257
Median age	62.1 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$31,538
Median home value	$206,000	$72,300
Median gross rent	$1,135	$531
Housing units	388	197
Homeownership rate	84.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
Population	443 → 491 (+10.8%)	284 → 257 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$44,702 → $53,125 (+18.8%)	$33,487 → $31,538 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$176,800 → $206,000 (+16.5%)	$106,300 → $72,300 (-32.0%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,135 (+28.8%)	$560 → $531 (-5.2%)

Encampment

Population

443491

Median household income

$44,702$53,125

Median home value

$176,800$206,000

Median gross rent

$881$1,135

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)

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
Under 5	1.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	6.5%	0.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	5.1%	0.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	4.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	20.8%	30.0%
65 to 74	24.8%	29.2%
75 and over	14.7%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	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	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
No high school diploma	6.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
Drove alone	49.6%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.0%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
1-unit, detached	55.9%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	30.2%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Encampment	Medicine Bow
Poverty rate	11.0%	30.0%
Average household size	1.70	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	14	8
Median year structure built	1974	1975