Medina vs Shadow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Medina and Shadow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Medina and Shadow Lake are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Medina has the higher population (2,889 vs 2,221 in Shadow Lake). Medina has the higher median household income ($249,688 vs $137,407 in Shadow Lake). Medina has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $847,100 in Shadow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Medina	Shadow Lake
Population	2,889	2,221
Median age	47.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$249,688	$137,407
Median home value	$2,000,001	$847,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,443
Housing units	1,077	823
Homeownership rate	78.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.2%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medina	Shadow Lake
Population	3,267 → 2,889 (-11.6%)	2,434 → 2,221 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$212,337 → $249,688 (+17.6%)	$110,625 → $137,407 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$486,900 → $847,100 (+74.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,855 → $3,501 (+22.6%)	$1,200 → $1,443 (+20.3%)

Medina

Population

3,2672,889

Median household income

$212,337$249,688

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,855$3,501

Shadow Lake

Population

2,4342,221

Median household income

$110,625$137,407

Median home value

$486,900$847,100

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medina	Shadow Lake
Under 5	3.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	20.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.2%
75 and over	6.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medina	Shadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	26.7%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.6%	13.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medina	Shadow Lake
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	2.9%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	8.1%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	48.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medina	Shadow Lake
Drove alone	62.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.3%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.3%	23.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medina	Shadow Lake
1-unit, detached	98.9%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Medina	Shadow Lake
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	42
Median year structure built	1974	1979