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Madison, WI

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

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$47,397 ±$2,190 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $48,611 ±$1,226
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
$70,484 ±$2,618 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $82,132 ±$2,531
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774

16.2% ±1.9% (43,472  ±5,041) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 9.8% 66,670 (±0.9% / ±5,869)
  • 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 the Madison, WI Metro Area: 21.6 6,936,705 (±0.4 / ±204,497)
  • 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
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 308,244 ±2,209
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
2 ±0 (266,835  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 2.2 675,755 (±0 / ±349)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,773,894

3.3% ±1% (2,746  ±819) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 3.5% † 6,067 (±0.6% / ±1,065)
  • 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
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 319,942 ±185
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291

$379,100 ±$8,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $372,700 ±$5,832
  • 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 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 16.9% 116,467 (±1.2% / ±8,113.7)
  • 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 the Madison, WI Metro Area: 96.1% 452,140 (±2% / ±9,315.7)
  • 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 20 percent higher than the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 49.2% 231,370 (±1.4% / ±6,597.9)
  • 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 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 8% 55,293
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 307,899

2.5% ±0.5% (6,055  ±1,218) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4.2% 23,382 (±0.4% / ±2,182)
  • 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

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