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Madison Metropolitan School District, WI

283,854 Population
74.8 square miles 3,795.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dane County: 36 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,472 ±$2,559 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dane County: $53,869 ±$1,688
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,028 ±$5,568 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dane County: $90,999 ±$2,787
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.3% ±1.9% (41,596  ±5,134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dane County: 10% † 57,297 (±1.1% / ±6,078)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.6 minutes ±0.5 (2,989,800  ±139,632) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Dane County: 21.1 5,952,840 (±0.4 / ±164,383)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.7 61,178,236 (±0.2 / ±598,615)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

134,097 ±2,993 Number of households
  • Dane County: 258,775 ±3,168
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (269,618  ±5,138) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dane County: 2.2 570,811 (±0 / ±371)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.5% ±0.9% (2,150  ±827) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dane County: 3.6% † 5,621 (±0.7% / ±1,108)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

141,515 ±2,410 Number of housing units
  • Dane County: 271,440 ±178
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$419,800 ±$10,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dane County: $440,000 ±$5,904
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

23.9% ±2.2% (67,327  ±6,314.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dane County: 17.2% 100,631 (±1.3% / ±7,718.2)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

97.4% ±3.1% (178,776  ±7,043) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dane County: 97% 381,779 (±2.3% / ±9,023.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
62.1% ±2.4% (113,941  ±5,148.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dane County: 57.8% 227,489 (±1.6% / ±6,430.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.4% ±1.3% (29,634  ±3,741) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dane County: 9.6% 56,661
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.2% ±0.6% (7,811  ±1,446) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dane County: 4% † 18,973 (±0.4% / ±1,904)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,811 Total veterans ±1,446 6,907 Male ±1,340 904 Female ±446

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