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Madelia city, Minnesota: commercial real estate data.
Madelia city is a Census city of 2,327 people across 1.51 square miles of land, in Watonwan County. Median household income is $76,548, 78.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Madelia
What Madelia is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.51 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,539
- County holding the largest share of its areaWatonwan 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 Madelia
- Population2,327
- Median age34.1
- Population under 18712
- Share under 1830.6 percent
- Population 65 and over433
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households808
- Family households569
- Share of households that are families70.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Madelia
- Median household income$76,548
- Per capita income$32,797
- Civilian labor force1,122
- Employed1,081
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 28
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over1,427
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Madelia
- Housing units917
- Occupied units808
- Vacant units109 plus or minus 60
- Vacancy rate11.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied637
- Renter occupied171 plus or minus 58
- Ownership rate78.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$165,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$833
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.1 percent
- Single family units694
- Share single family75.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more165 plus or minus 54
- Share in buildings of two or more18.0 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes58 plus or minus 36
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Madelia gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute995
- Commuting under 15 minutes477 plus or minus 99
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more291 plus or minus 98
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.2 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Drove alone73.1 percent
- Carpooled9.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked9.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 504 lending to Madelia borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$217,000
- Average approval$217,000
- Median approval$217,000
- Largest approval$217,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Watonwan County, not Madelia
Watonwan County context, not Madelia figures
These are Watonwan County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Madelia measurements.
- Establishments in Watonwan County280
- Employment at those establishments, Watonwan County3,793
- Covered employment, Watonwan County4,510
- Average annual pay, Watonwan County$48,323
- Average weekly wage, Watonwan County$929
- Housing units permitted, Watonwan County7
- Of those, single family, Watonwan County3
- County product, 2024, Watonwan County$610,842,000
- County product change over the prior year, Watonwan County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Watonwan County$45,675
Every figure in this section is published for Watonwan County as a whole and is not a measurement of Madelia. 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
Madelia questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Madelia, Minnesota?
2,327, in 808 households. Madelia city covers 1.51 square miles of land, which is 1,539 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Madelia in?
Watonwan 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 Madelia?
$76,548. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $165,400. Median gross rent is $833 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Madelia figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Watonwan 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 Madelia.
Is zoning published for Madelia?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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