Bessemer Bend vs Midwest

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

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

Midwest has the higher population (218 vs 119 in Bessemer Bend). Bessemer Bend has the higher median household income ($161,125 vs $75,707 in Midwest). Bessemer Bend has the higher median home value ($409,400 vs $70,300 in Midwest).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
Population	119	218
Median age	66.9 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$161,125	$75,707
Median home value	$409,400	$70,300
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	74	233
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
Population	232 → 119 (-48.7%)	233 → 218 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$63,500 → $161,125 (+153.7%)	$51,607 → $75,707 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$256,900 → $409,400 (+59.4%)	$53,200 → $70,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $525 (-19.8%)

Bessemer Bend

Population

232119

Median household income

$63,500$161,125

Median home value

$256,900$409,400

Midwest

Population

233218

Median household income

$51,607$75,707

Median home value

$53,200$70,300

Median gross rent

$655$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	4.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	5.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	4.2%	28.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	42.9%	17.4%
75 and over	24.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.0%
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%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	63.9%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
Drove alone	48.3%	59.1%
Carpooled	16.7%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	35.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer Bend	Midwest
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.6%
Average household size	1.61	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1978	1938