Bessemer Bend vs Meadow Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer Bend and Meadow Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

Bessemer Bend and Meadow Acres are places in Wyoming. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meadow Acres has the higher population (138 vs 119 in Bessemer Bend). Bessemer Bend has the higher median household income ($161,125 vs $96,042 in Meadow Acres). Meadow Acres has the higher median home value ($604,200 vs $409,400 in Bessemer Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
Population	119	138
Median age	66.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$161,125	$96,042
Median home value	$409,400	$604,200
Housing units	74	37
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
Population	232 → 119 (-48.7%)	130 → 138 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$63,500 → $161,125 (+153.7%)	$142,813 → $96,042 (-32.7%)
Median home value	$256,900 → $409,400 (+59.4%)	$437,500 → $604,200 (+38.1%)

Bessemer Bend

Population

232119

Median household income

$63,500$161,125

Median home value

$256,900$409,400

Meadow Acres

Population

130138

Median household income

$142,813$96,042

Median home value

$437,500$604,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
Under 5	0.0%	13.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	5.0%	29.7%
45 to 54	4.2%	6.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	42.9%	9.4%
75 and over	24.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
No high school diploma	0.0%	40.5%
High school graduate	63.9%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
Drove alone	48.3%	47.5%
Carpooled	16.7%	31.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.3%
Other means	35.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer Bend	Meadow Acres
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.61	3.73
Median year structure built	1978	2012