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Madison, WI

285,318 Population
83.1 square miles 3,433.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2

Economics

$49,370 ±$2,513 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $52,204 ±$1,429
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
$79,254 ±$5,772 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $89,714 ±$2,396
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902

14.8% ±2% (40,361  ±5,465) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 9.6% 66,235 (±0.9% / ±6,254)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)

20.7 minutes ±0.5 (2,959,870  ±135,883) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 21.9 7,412,020 (±0.4 / ±186,280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.7 61,178,236 (±0.2 / ±598,615)

Families

133,564 ±3,065 Number of households
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 309,316 ±3,287
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
2 ±0.1 (270,895  ±374) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 2.2 687,765 (±0 / ±393)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268

2.3% ±0.8% (1,982  ±700) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4.1% † 7,356 (±0.7% / ±1,278)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)

Housing

141,476 ±2,539 Number of housing units
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 326,501 ±194
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130

$418,400 ±$10,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $415,500 ±$6,190
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862

24.1% ±2.1% (68,204  ±5,889.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 15.6% 109,635 (±1.2% / ±8,052.3)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)

Social

97.3% ±3.3% (176,748  ±6,861.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 96.5% 463,817 (±1.9% / ±9,337.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
62% ±2.5% (112,624  ±4,993.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 52.2% 250,854 (±1.4% / ±6,615.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)

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

11% ±1.3% (31,299  ±3,703) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 8.3% 58,866
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033

3.2% ±0.6% (7,778  ±1,461) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4.4% 25,252 (±0.4% / ±2,116)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
7,778 Total veterans ±1,461 6,831 Male ±1,335 947 Female ±477

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