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Madison, AL

56,967 Population
30.6 square miles 1,863.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$51,788 ±$2,112 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $43,198 ±$817
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
$118,132 ±$6,355 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $78,521 ±$2,064
  • about double the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377

4.5% ±1.3% (2,548  ±758) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.8% 51,727 (±0.6% / ±2,938)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)

20.3 minutes ±0.7 (454,675  ±27,277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 22.8 4,851,815 (±0.3 / ±90,405)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

22,073 ±662 Number of households
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 198,141 ±1,176
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
2.6 ±0.1 (56,699  ±60) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 2.4 479,888 (±0 / ±386)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191

4.9% ±2% (661  ±270) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 4.7% † 5,484 (±0.5% / ±547)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)

Housing

22,752 ±692 Number of housing units
  • the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 213,929 ±188
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480

$327,100 ±$14,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: $240,400 ±$4,435
  • nearly double the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216

13.5% ±2.3% (7,629  ±1,296.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 15% 73,060 (±0.7% / ±3,356.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)

Social

97.2% ±3.5% (37,158  ±1,632.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 91.2% 310,328 (±1.4% / ±4,614.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
64.2% ±3% (24,528  ±1,289.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 41.8% 142,093 (±0.9% / ±2,963.6)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)

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

10.2% ±1.5% (5,805  ±838) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 5.2% 25,423
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207

12.9% ±1.4% (5,294  ±589) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Huntsville, AL Metro Area: 10.8% 41,624 (±0.4% / ±1,522)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
5,294 Total veterans ±589 4,539 Male ±572 755 Female ±191

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