Medicine Bow vs Riverside

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

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

Medicine Bow has the higher population (257 vs 28 in Riverside). Since 2019, Riverside's population has grown faster (+3.7% vs -9.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
Population	257	28
Median age	65.2 yrs	71.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,538	—
Median home value	$72,300	—
Median gross rent	$531	—
Housing units	197	50
Homeownership rate	88.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
Population	284 → 257 (-9.5%)	27 → 28 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$33,487 → $31,538 (-5.8%)	$43,333 → $45,313 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $72,300 (-32.0%)	$195,800 → $217,900 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $531 (-5.2%)	—

Medicine Bow

Population

284257

Median household income

$33,487$31,538

Median home value

$106,300$72,300

Median gross rent

$560$531

Riverside

Population

2728

Median household income

$43,333$45,313

Median home value

$195,800$217,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.7%	25.0%
45 to 54	5.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	30.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	29.2%	28.6%
75 and over	22.2%	28.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
No high school diploma	19.4%	17.9%
High school graduate	50.6%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
Drove alone	76.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	0.0%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
1-unit, detached	59.9%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Medicine Bow	Riverside
Poverty rate	30.0%	32.1%
Average household size	1.59	1.40
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1975	1992