MedinaWI
A town of 1,300.
Is Medina a good place to live?
The best of Medina’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. On cost of living, just 73 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Medina is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 68% of U.S. towns. Only 4 of the 363 Wisconsin towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Medina. On civic life, just 1 of Wisconsin’s 869 towns do worse. Medina has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Medina stand out
Where Medina beats most towns.
1,300 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Medina grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Medina is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Camp Randall Stadium and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Medina. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaCamp Randall Stadium
12 mi State parkAztalan State Park
18 mi Stadium & arenaKohl Center
in town Theme parkLittle Amerricka
38 mi Park & preserveIce Age Trail
37 mi State parkDevil's Lake State ParkPhoto credits
Camp Randall Stadium: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Aztalan State Park: Joshua Mayer - Flickr user wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kohl Center: Pbrown111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Little Amerricka: Dklompmaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ice Age Trail: MDuchek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Devil's Lake State Park: CrispAir at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Medina: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Medina, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Medina.
Homes in Medina are worth about $517K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Medina home is worth about $517,000, up 2.8% in a year, 53% above the Wisconsin typical home. 95% of Medina households own their home, against 74% in Wisconsin’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Medina faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Medina has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Medina for work: only 2% work in town. Medina’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Medina has added 22 jobs, to 140 in 2023.
| Medina | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 49% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). Medina’s median age is 54.4 years. Medina has lost 3.2% of its people since 2020, down to 1,300 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Medina | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54.4 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 14% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Medina | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.7% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.4% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.6% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.9% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.4% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.7% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.7% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.3% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Medina are healthier than 69% of U.S. towns
Medina beats the Wisconsin average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 75% of Medina adults had a checkup this year.
| Medina | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Medina | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 23.7% | 26.6% |
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 29.8% | 33.3% |
| Fewer women getting mammograms | 74.3% | 80.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Medina, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Medina has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 11° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Medina | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Charles Langer Family Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Medina
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Medina
About 3 of every 100 Medina residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
98% of working residents leave Medina for work
Where Medina’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Medina
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Medina is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,344 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Deansville is located in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 866 ft
- Area code
- 608
Questions about Medina
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Medina, WI expensive?
Yes. That is 5.8 years of the area's median household income ($88,804 across the Madison, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.