Isabel vs Medicine Lodge

A side-by-side comparison of Isabel and Medicine Lodge: population, income, housing, and more.

Isabel and Medicine Lodge are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Medicine Lodge has the higher population (1,518 vs 103 in Isabel). Isabel has the higher median household income ($58,938 vs $54,663 in Medicine Lodge). Medicine Lodge has the higher median home value ($80,200 vs $80,000 in Isabel).

Population, income & housing

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
Population	103	1,518
Median age	26.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,938	$54,663
Median home value	$80,000	$80,200
Median gross rent	—	$711
Housing units	82	884
Homeownership rate	89.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
Population	115 → 103 (-10.4%)	1,725 → 1,518 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $58,938 (+16.4%)	$48,306 → $54,663 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$31,700 → $80,000 (+152.4%)	$68,100 → $80,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$528 → $711 (+34.7%)

Isabel

Population

115103

Median household income

$50,625$58,938

Median home value

$31,700$80,000

Medicine Lodge

Population

1,7251,518

Median household income

$48,306$54,663

Median home value

$68,100$80,200

Median gross rent

$528$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
Under 5	11.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	1.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	26.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	23.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	4.9%	6.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	1.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	16.9%
75 and over	12.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	60.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
Drove alone	98.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	1.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
1-unit, detached	91.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Isabel	Medicine Lodge
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.2%
Average household size	1.54	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1961	1953