Minnesota · Census place 41462
Medicine Lake city, MN
Quick answer
Medicine Lake city has 541 residents, ranking #485 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $161,250, the median home is worth $1,014,500 and median gross rent runs $1,025 a month.
- Population
- 541Medicine Lake city residents
- Median household income
- $161,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,014,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,025Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 84.2%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Medicine Lake city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Medicine Lake city median would spend about 7.6% 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 6.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.6% of residents and 84.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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