Lake Crystal vs Madison Lake

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

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

Lake Crystal has the higher population (2,530 vs 1,178 in Madison Lake). Madison Lake has the higher median household income ($84,833 vs $77,979 in Lake Crystal). Madison Lake has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $193,800 in Lake Crystal).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
Population	2,530	1,178
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,979	$84,833
Median home value	$193,800	$281,300
Median gross rent	$644	$829
Housing units	1,149	669
Homeownership rate	79.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
Population	2,625 → 2,530 (-3.6%)	976 → 1,178 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$64,083 → $77,979 (+21.7%)	$85,750 → $84,833 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $193,800 (+26.5%)	$206,600 → $281,300 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $644 (-10.4%)	$732 → $829 (+13.3%)

Lake Crystal

Population

2,6252,530

Median household income

$64,083$77,979

Median home value

$153,200$193,800

Median gross rent

$719$644

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)

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.7%
75 and over	6.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
Drove alone	83.9%	77.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	13.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
1-unit, detached	78.4%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Crystal	Madison Lake
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1984