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Madison, WI Urban Area

460,255 Population
149.7 square miles 3,074.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,243 ±$1,763 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$79,296 ±$3,599 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.6% ±1.3% (52,155  ±5,691) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.1 minutes ±0.7 (4,373,220  ±211,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

211,953 ±2,768 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0 (445,305  ±5,337) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.8% ±0.7% (3,516  ±924) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

217,773 ±2,130 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$391,900 ±$7,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

21.2% ±1.6% (96,795  ±7,325.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.3% ±2.5% (292,562  ±8,210.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
56.8% ±1.9% (172,603  ±6,014) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.1% ±0.8% (46,502  ±3,646) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.5% ±0.5% (13,264  ±1,968) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
13,264 Total veterans ±1,968 12,486 Male ±2,022 778 Female ±363

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