Hanna - Medicine Bow is a very small town located in the state of Wyoming. With a population of 1,369 people and just one neighborhood, Hanna - Medicine Bow is the 46th largest community in Wyoming.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hanna - Medicine Bow is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 51.19% of the Hanna - Medicine Bow workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hanna - Medicine Bow is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hanna - Medicine Bow who work in management occupations (17.72%), farm management occupations (10.32%), and healthcare (9.39%).
Also of interest is that Hanna - Medicine Bow has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Hanna - Medicine Bow telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.07% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hanna - Medicine Bow has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hanna - Medicine Bow has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hanna - Medicine Bow than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hanna - Medicine Bow may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Hanna - Medicine Bow doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Hanna - Medicine Bow is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.77% of adults 25 and older in Hanna - Medicine Bow have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hanna - Medicine Bow in 2022 was $36,923, which is middle income relative to Wyoming and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $147,692 for a family of four. However, Hanna - Medicine Bow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hanna - Medicine Bow is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hanna - Medicine Bow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hanna - Medicine Bow residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Hanna - Medicine Bow also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.34% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hanna - Medicine Bow include Irish, English, German, Swedish, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Hanna - Medicine Bow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 37.9%, which is higher than 97.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.1% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swedish and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swedish ancestry and 3.9% have Danish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hanna - Medicine Bow are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 34.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (10.3%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Polish and Spanish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Hanna - Medicine Bow, WY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (22.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report German roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (10.9%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (8.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.