Madison Lake vs Vernon Center

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

Madison Lake and Vernon Center 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 326 in Vernon Center). Madison Lake has the higher median household income ($84,833 vs $68,750 in Vernon Center). Madison Lake has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $130,400 in Vernon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
Population	1,178	326
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,833	$68,750
Median home value	$281,300	$130,400
Median gross rent	$829	$967
Housing units	669	143
Homeownership rate	68.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
Population	976 → 1,178 (+20.7%)	366 → 326 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $84,833 (-1.1%)	$64,375 → $68,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $281,300 (+36.2%)	$109,600 → $130,400 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $829 (+13.3%)	$910 → $967 (+6.3%)

Madison Lake

Population

9761,178

Median household income

$85,750$84,833

Median home value

$206,600$281,300

Median gross rent

$732$829

Vernon Center

Population

366326

Median household income

$64,375$68,750

Median home value

$109,600$130,400

Median gross rent

$910$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
Under 5	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.0%
75 and over	3.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
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	3.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
Drove alone	77.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
1-unit, detached	66.7%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Madison Lake	Vernon Center
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1984	1938