What is the population of Madelia city?

Madelia city has 2,380 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #239 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Madelia city?

Median household income in Madelia city is $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Madelia city?

Median gross rent is $795 a month and the median home value is $158,300, so rent absorbs about 12.3% of median household income.

Is Madelia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Madelia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Madelia, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Madelia, Minnesota (Madelia, MN — Census place “Madelia city”) is 2,380 residents, ranking #239 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $77,500, the median home is worth $158,300 and median gross rent runs $795 a month. Looking for the Madelia Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Madelia, MN: 56062.

Population: 2,380Madelia city residents
Median household income: $77,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $158,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $795Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.8%Owner-occupied households

Madelia ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Madelia.

The Madelia MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

56062

What the numbers mean in Madelia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Madelia city median would spend about 12.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.9% of residents and 76.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Madelia city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Madelia city is a small town in Minnesota, with 2,380 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #239 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 34.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Madelia city earn a median of $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% above the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Madelia city is valued at $158,300, 47.8% below the national figure and 34% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $795 a month, 43.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,540 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 76.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Madelia city?: Madelia city has 2,380 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #239 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Madelia city?: Median household income in Madelia city is $77,500 a year, 1.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Madelia city?: Median gross rent is $795 a month and the median home value is $158,300, so rent absorbs about 12.3% of median household income.
Is Madelia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Madelia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Madelia city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.