Good Thunder vs Madison Lake

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

Good Thunder 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 423 in Good Thunder). Madison Lake has the higher median household income ($84,833 vs $71,818 in Good Thunder). Madison Lake has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $169,900 in Good Thunder).

Population, income & housing

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
Population	423	1,178
Median age	53.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,818	$84,833
Median home value	$169,900	$281,300
Median gross rent	—	$829
Housing units	253	669
Homeownership rate	88.6%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
Population	564 → 423 (-25.0%)	976 → 1,178 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $71,818 (+26.1%)	$85,750 → $84,833 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $169,900 (+45.0%)	$206,600 → $281,300 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $592 (+4.6%)	$732 → $829 (+13.3%)

Good Thunder

Population

564423

Median household income

$56,964$71,818

Median home value

$117,200$169,900

Median gross rent

$566$592

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)

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
Under 5	4.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	24.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	13.7%
75 and over	5.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	38.8%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
Drove alone	80.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	13.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
1-unit, detached	89.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Good Thunder	Madison Lake
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1950	1984