Medicine Bow vs Sinclair

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

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

Sinclair has the higher population (359 vs 257 in Medicine Bow). Sinclair has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $31,538 in Medicine Bow). Sinclair has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $72,300 in Medicine Bow).

Population, income & housing

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
Population	257	359
Median age	65.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,538	$81,250
Median home value	$72,300	$182,600
Median gross rent	$531	$1,172
Housing units	197	202
Homeownership rate	88.3%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
Population	284 → 257 (-9.5%)	418 → 359 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$33,487 → $31,538 (-5.8%)	$88,259 → $81,250 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $72,300 (-32.0%)	$125,000 → $182,600 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $531 (-5.2%)	$763 → $1,172 (+53.6%)

Medicine Bow

Population

284257

Median household income

$33,487$31,538

Median home value

$106,300$72,300

Median gross rent

$560$531

Sinclair

Population

418359

Median household income

$88,259$81,250

Median home value

$125,000$182,600

Median gross rent

$763$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
Under 5	4.3%	0.6%
5 to 17	0.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	0.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	4.7%	24.0%
45 to 54	5.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	30.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	29.2%	15.9%
75 and over	22.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
No high school diploma	19.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	50.6%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
Drove alone	76.1%	92.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	2.1%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
1-unit, detached	59.9%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Medicine Bow	Sinclair
Poverty rate	30.0%	1.4%
Average household size	1.59	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	8	17
Median year structure built	1975	1955