Madison Lake vs St. Clair

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

Madison Lake and St. Clair 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 785 in St. Clair). St. Clair has the higher median household income ($101,375 vs $84,833 in Madison Lake). Madison Lake has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $200,800 in St. Clair).

Population, income & housing

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
Population	1,178	785
Median age	39.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,833	$101,375
Median home value	$281,300	$200,800
Median gross rent	$829	—
Housing units	669	287
Homeownership rate	68.9%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
Population	976 → 1,178 (+20.7%)	762 → 785 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $84,833 (-1.1%)	$64,792 → $101,375 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $281,300 (+36.2%)	$149,100 → $200,800 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $829 (+13.3%)	$633 → $775 (+22.4%)

Madison Lake

Population

9761,178

Median household income

$85,750$84,833

Median home value

$206,600$281,300

Median gross rent

$732$829

St. Clair

Population

762785

Median household income

$64,792$101,375

Median home value

$149,100$200,800

Median gross rent

$633$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
Under 5	6.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	25.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	21.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.3%
75 and over	3.9%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
Drove alone	77.6%	85.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
1-unit, detached	66.7%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Madison Lake	St. Clair
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1984	1971