Amboy vs Madison Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Madison Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Amboy and Madison Lake are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Madison Lake has the higher population (1,178 vs 553 in Amboy). Madison Lake has the higher median household income ($84,833 vs $78,214 in Amboy). Madison Lake has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $125,300 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Madison Lake
Population	553	1,178
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,214	$84,833
Median home value	$125,300	$281,300
Median gross rent	$760	$829
Housing units	259	669
Homeownership rate	84.0%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Madison Lake
Population	651 → 553 (-15.1%)	976 → 1,178 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $78,214 (+54.5%)	$85,750 → $84,833 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $125,300 (+33.0%)	$206,600 → $281,300 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $760 (+27.7%)	$732 → $829 (+13.3%)

Amboy

Population

651553

Median household income

$50,625$78,214

Median home value

$94,200$125,300

Median gross rent

$595$760

Madison Lake

Population

9761,178

Median household income

$85,750$84,833

Median home value

$206,600$281,300

Median gross rent

$732$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Madison Lake
Under 5	5.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	22.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.7%
75 and over	13.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Madison Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Madison Lake
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Madison Lake
Drove alone	89.0%	77.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Madison Lake
1-unit, detached	86.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Madison Lake
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1984