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Medicine Lodge city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Medicine Lodge city is a Census city of 1,578 people across 1.20 square miles of land, in Barber County. Median household income is $59,392, 68.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $550,800.
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Medicine Lodge
What Medicine Lodge is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.2 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,317
- County holding the largest share of its areaBarber County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Medicine Lodge
How many people live in Medicine Lodge
- Population1,578
- Median age43.1 plus or minus 10.0
- Population under 18318 plus or minus 86
- Share under 1820.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over421 plus or minus 102
- Share 65 and over26.7 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Households702
- Family households468
- Share of households that are families66.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Medicine Lodge
- Median household income$59,392
- Per capita income$36,244
- Civilian labor force863
- Employed858
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 7
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Adults 25 and over1,050
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Medicine Lodge
- Housing units939
- Occupied units702
- Vacant units237 plus or minus 87
- Vacancy rate25.2 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Owner occupied480 plus or minus 98
- Renter occupied222 plus or minus 68
- Ownership rate68.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$97,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$841
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.0 percent
- Single family units842
- Share single family89.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more97 plus or minus 57
- Share in buildings of two or more10.3 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Medicine Lodge gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute820
- Commuting under 15 minutes590 plus or minus 139
- Share commuting under 15 minutes72.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more167 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.4 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Drove alone87.6 percent
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home3.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Medicine Lodge
SBA loans in Medicine Lodge (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$550,800
- Average approval$275,400
- Median approval$390,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$390,800
- Largest approval$390,800
- Jobs supported9
- Jobs per approval4.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Medicine Lodge
SBA loans in Medicine Lodge (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,242,000
- Average approval$621,000
- Median approval$1,081,000
- Largest approval$1,081,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barber County, not Medicine Lodge
Barber County context, not Medicine Lodge figures
These are Barber County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Medicine Lodge measurements.
- Establishments in Barber County172
- Employment at those establishments, Barber County1,238
- Covered employment, Barber County1,568
- Average annual pay, Barber County$44,619
- Average weekly wage, Barber County$858
- Housing units permitted, Barber County0
- Of those, single family, Barber County0
- County product, 2024, Barber County$228,568,000
- County product change over the prior year, Barber County-11.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Barber County$42,078
Every figure in this section is published for Barber County as a whole and is not a measurement of Medicine Lodge. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Medicine Lodge questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Medicine Lodge, Kansas?
1,578, in 702 households. Medicine Lodge city covers 1.20 square miles of land, which is 1,317 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Medicine Lodge in?
Barber County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Medicine Lodge?
$59,392. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $97,100. Median gross rent is $841 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Medicine Lodge businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $550,800, across 1 lenders, median approval $390,800, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Medicine Lodge, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Medicine Lodge borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Medicine Lodge. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Medicine Lodge figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Barber County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Medicine Lodge.
Is zoning published for Medicine Lodge?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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