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Medicine Lake, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Medicine Lake is a Census city of 596 people across 0.17 square miles of land, in Hennepin County. Median household income is $183,750, 81.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Medicine Lake
What Medicine Lake is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.17 sq mi
- Water area0.2 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,455 plus or minus 852
- County holding the largest share of its areaHennepin 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.
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How many people live in Medicine Lake
- Population596 plus or minus 147
- Median age44.5
- Population under 18165 plus or minus 60
- Share under 1827.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Population 65 and over86 plus or minus 29
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Households234 plus or minus 64
- Family households167 plus or minus 48
- Share of households that are families71.4 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 Lake
- Median household income$183,750 plus or minus $105,271
- Per capita income$107,750 plus or minus $33,692
- Civilian labor force328 plus or minus 101
- Employed328 plus or minus 101
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over419 plus or minus 106
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.8 percent plus or minus 34.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher70.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree31.3 percent plus or minus 10.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Medicine Lake
- Housing units237 plus or minus 64
- Occupied units234 plus or minus 64
- Vacant units3 plus or minus 3
- Vacancy rate1.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied190 plus or minus 54
- Renter occupied44 plus or minus 27
- Ownership rate81.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,083,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,150
- Annual rent as a share of median income7.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units221 plus or minus 60
- Share single family93.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more16 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more6.8 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Medicine Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute262 plus or minus 101
- Commuting under 15 minutes86 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.8 percent plus or minus 24.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more45 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone79.8 percent plus or minus 18.6
- Carpooled0.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home19.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Medicine Lake
- NFIP communityCity of Medicine Lake
- NFIP community number270690
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/04/16
The City of Medicine Lake participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 270690 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Hennepin County, not Medicine Lake
Hennepin County context, not Medicine Lake figures
- Establishments in Hennepin County40,486
- Covered employment, Hennepin County917,117
- Average annual pay, Hennepin County$90,157
- Housing units permitted, Hennepin County3,919
Every figure in this section is published for Hennepin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Medicine Lake.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Medicine Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Medicine Lake, Minnesota?
596, in 234 households. Medicine Lake city covers 0.17 square miles of land, which is 3,455 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Medicine Lake in?
Hennepin 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 Lake?
$183,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,083,300. Median gross rent is $1,150 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Medicine Lake in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Medicine Lake appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Medicine Lake, city of, community 270690, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Medicine Lake figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hennepin 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 Lake.
Is zoning published for Medicine Lake?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.