Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Madison city, Dane County, WI

280,307 Population
83.1 square miles 3,373.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

32.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dane County: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$47,397 ±$2,190 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dane County: $50,152 ±$1,431
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
$70,484 ±$2,618 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dane County: $82,838 ±$4,091
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774

16.2% ±1.9% (43,472  ±5,041) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dane County: 10.2% † 57,197 (±1.1% / ±5,927)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)

19.5 minutes ±0.6 (2,658,930  ±134,925) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dane County: 20.9 5,564,240 (±0.5 / ±206,312)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.5 59,514,440 (±0.2 / ±628,115)

Families

134,512 ±2,831 Number of households
  • Dane County: 257,528 ±1,926
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
2 ±0 (266,835  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dane County: 2.2 558,917 (±0 / ±345)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 † 5,773,894 (±,222.6 / ±-555,555,600)

3.3% ±1% (2,746  ±819) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Dane County: 3.3% † 4,886 (±0.7% / ±1,059)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)

Housing

138,228 ±2,517 Number of housing units
  • Dane County: 265,180 ±168
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291

$379,100 ±$8,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dane County: $393,500 ±$6,746
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737

25.9% ±2.2% (72,118  ±5,978.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dane County: 18.6% 106,150 (±1.4% / ±7,965.2)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)

Social

95.7% ±3.4% (172,977  ±6,804.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dane County: 96.4% 370,751 (±2.3% / ±8,707.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
59.3% ±2.6% (107,097  ±5,062) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dane County: 53.9% 207,109 (±1.6% / ±6,260.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.8% 1,389,399 (±0.4% / ±14,983.8)

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

12.4% ±1.3% (34,663  ±3,677) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dane County: 9.2% † 52,633 (±8,833.4% / ±4,183)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% † 307,899 (±,489.6% / ±10,365)

2.5% ±0.5% (6,055  ±1,218) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dane County: 3.8% † 17,753 (±0.5% / ±2,185)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
6,055 Total veterans ±1,218 5,659 Male ±1,235 396 Female ±247

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.