Medicine Lake vs Woodland

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

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

Medicine Lake has the higher population (541 vs 505 in Woodland). Woodland has the higher median household income ($189,107 vs $161,250 in Medicine Lake). Woodland has the higher median home value ($1,220,600 vs $1,014,500 in Medicine Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
Population	541	505
Median age	44.9 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$161,250	$189,107
Median home value	$1,014,500	$1,220,600
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	221	245
Homeownership rate	84.2%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.0%	84.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
Population	436 → 541 (+24.1%)	439 → 505 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$86,563 → $161,250 (+86.3%)	$223,125 → $189,107 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$712,500 → $1,014,500 (+42.4%)	$1,000,000 → $1,220,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,025 (+8.6%)	—

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

Woodland

Population

439505

Median household income

$223,125$189,107

Median home value

$1,000,000$1,220,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
Under 5	1.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	26.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	2.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	5.5%
45 to 54	25.3%	19.6%
55 to 64	7.6%	23.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	16.6%
75 and over	9.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
No high school diploma	0.3%	0.2%
High school graduate	5.9%	0.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	52.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
Drove alone	78.9%	41.5%
Carpooled	1.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	50.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
1-unit, detached	90.0%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Medicine Lake	Woodland
Poverty rate	2.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1966	1964