Greenwood vs Medicine Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Medicine Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood has the higher population (720 vs 541 in Medicine Lake). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($199,063 vs $161,250 in Medicine Lake). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($1,041,700 vs $1,014,500 in Medicine Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
Population	720	541
Median age	48.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$199,063	$161,250
Median home value	$1,041,700	$1,014,500
Median gross rent	$1,917	$1,025
Housing units	340	221
Homeownership rate	90.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.5%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
Population	694 → 720 (+3.7%)	436 → 541 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$157,188 → $199,063 (+26.6%)	$86,563 → $161,250 (+86.3%)
Median home value	$933,100 → $1,041,700 (+11.6%)	$712,500 → $1,014,500 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,400 → $1,917 (+36.9%)	$944 → $1,025 (+8.6%)

Greenwood

Population

694720

Median household income

$157,188$199,063

Median home value

$933,100$1,041,700

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,917

Medicine Lake

Population

436541

Median household income

$86,563$161,250

Median home value

$712,500$1,014,500

Median gross rent

$944$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
Under 5	5.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	26.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	19.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	25.3%
55 to 64	23.5%	7.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.2%
75 and over	9.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	5.3%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	53.7%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	32.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
Drove alone	44.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.5%	19.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
1-unit, detached	85.3%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Medicine Lake
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1989	1966