Menan vs Mud Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Menan and Mud Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Menan and Mud Lake are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Menan has the higher population (863 vs 516 in Mud Lake). Menan has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $65,000 in Mud Lake). Menan has the higher median home value ($249,300 vs $160,700 in Mud Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Menan	Mud Lake
Population	863	516
Median age	40.9 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$65,000
Median home value	$249,300	$160,700
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,053
Housing units	294	175
Homeownership rate	81.6%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menan	Mud Lake
Population	900 → 863 (-4.1%)	353 → 516 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $70,417 (+24.3%)	$52,917 → $65,000 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $249,300 (+58.2%)	$104,500 → $160,700 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $1,313 (+63.5%)	$733 → $1,053 (+43.7%)

Menan

Population

900863

Median household income

$56,667$70,417

Median home value

$157,600$249,300

Median gross rent

$803$1,313

Mud Lake

Population

353516

Median household income

$52,917$65,000

Median home value

$104,500$160,700

Median gross rent

$733$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menan	Mud Lake
Under 5	6.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.3%
75 and over	9.3%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menan	Mud Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	58.3%
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	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	39.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menan	Mud Lake
No high school diploma	7.8%	22.4%
High school graduate	35.4%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menan	Mud Lake
Drove alone	90.5%	67.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	30.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menan	Mud Lake
1-unit, detached	83.3%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Menan	Mud Lake
Poverty rate	10.9%	12.0%
Average household size	2.95	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1984	1970