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Madison County, AR

17,329 Population
834.2 square miles 20.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,672 ±$2,879 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,798 ±$5,659 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±3.4% (2,408  ±578) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.2 minutes ±3.6 (218,435  ±16,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,463 ±253 Number of households
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (17,220  ±4) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±3.2% (245  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,744 ±23 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$178,100 ±$29,801 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±2.6% (1,540  ±444.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±5.4% (10,540  ±667.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.9% ±2.3% (1,572  ±277.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% (561  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±2.1% (1,235  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,235 Total veterans ±283 1,196 Male ±285 39 Female ±46

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