Housing density: 1,028 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $194,395.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,150 (lower quartile is $878, upper quartile is $1,564)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,214
Median gross rent in Madison, AL in 2022: $1,272
Housing units in Madison with a mortgage: 12,626 (1,060 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,109 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 522
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $143,550
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $132,849
12,868 married couples with children.
2,697 single-parent households (993 men, 1,704 women).
87.0% of residents of Madison speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 5,829 (9.9%)
(55.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 80.2% Number of people working at home: 6,031 (21.2% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 188
5 to 9 minutes: 2,181
10 to 14 minutes: 3,262
15 to 19 minutes: 3,879
20 to 24 minutes: 6,142
25 to 29 minutes: 2,210
30 to 34 minutes: 3,561
35 to 39 minutes: 446
40 to 44 minutes: 255
45 to 59 minutes: 382
60 to 89 minutes: 395
90 or more minutes: 80
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 17,971 (70.8%)
Carpooled: 1,633 (6.4%)
Bus: 18 (0.1%)
Taxi: 371 (1.5%)
Walked: 54 (0.2%)
Worked at home: 6,031 (23.8%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.5%Males
5.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
2.3%Males
2.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
2.4%Males
3.5%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
2.6%Males
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
1.8%Males
2.5%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Madison, Alabama
2,2352010 or later
1,7102000 to 2009
1,2641990 to 1999
3311980 to 1989
2161970 to 1979
278Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 5,607 (18.7%)
American: 3,077 (10.3%)
German: 2,219 (7.4%)
Irish: 1,611 (5.4%)
European: 1,277 (4.3%)
Italian: 817 (2.7%)
Scottish: 784 (2.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 611 (2.0%)
Russian: 323 (1.1%)
French: 299 (1.0%)
Polish: 294 (1.0%)
British: 274 (0.9%)
French Canadian: 237 (0.8%)
Scandinavian: 196 (0.7%)
African: 153 (0.5%)
Moroccan: 142 (0.5%)
Jamaican: 111 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 107 (0.4%)
Latvian: 96 (0.3%)
Greek: 96 (0.3%)
Lebanese: 66 (0.2%)
Nigerian: 66 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 63 (0.2%)
Romanian: 51 (0.2%)
Northern European: 46 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 39 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.1%)
Arab: 36 (0.1%)
Slovak: 36 (0.1%)
Welsh: 28 (0.09%)
Swedish: 26 (0.09%)
Dutch: 22 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.06%)
Estonian: 19 (0.06%)
Cajun: 17 (0.06%)
Armenian: 14 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.05%)
Palestinian: 13 (0.04%)
Czech: 11 (0.04%)
Eastern European: 9 (0.03%)
Czechoslovakian: 8 (0.03%)
Canadian: 7 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
India
Madison:
18.1% (1,070)
Alabama:
5.5% (9,672)
Mexico
Madison:
8.1% (479)
Alabama:
26.4% (46,832)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Madison:
7.7% (458)
Alabama:
4.6% (8,075)
Japan
Madison:
7.7% (455)
Alabama:
1.3% (2,391)
Korea
Madison:
7.2% (426)
Alabama:
5.2% (9,293)
Colombia
Madison:
6.1% (364)
Alabama:
1.1% (2,005)
Venezuela
Madison:
5.2% (306)
Alabama:
1.0% (1,740)
Germany
Madison:
4.3% (257)
Alabama:
3.9% (6,831)
Vietnam
Madison:
4.2% (251)
Alabama:
3.6% (6,414)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Madison:
3.8% (226)
Alabama:
1.2% (2,088)
Russia
Madison:
2.8% (164)
Alabama:
0.7% (1,277)
Morocco
Madison:
2.4% (144)
Alabama:
0.1% (156)
Kenya
Madison:
2.0% (116)
Alabama:
0.8% (1,389)
Brazil
Madison:
1.9% (113)
Alabama:
1.1% (1,867)
Indonesia
Madison:
1.6% (93)
Alabama:
0.2% (404)
Pakistan
Madison:
1.6% (93)
Alabama:
1.1% (2,005)
Guatemala
Madison:
1.5% (89)
Alabama:
8.6% (15,159)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 21,806
Other state: 30,144
Northeast: 3,271
Midwest: 6,389
South: 16,712
West: 3,731
87.1% of Madison residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 31.7% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 26.8% lived in Alabama.
Madison:
87.1%
State average:
87.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 134
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 24
9th grade: 49
10th grade: 19
11th grade: 140
12th grade, no diploma: 192
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,792
Less than 1 year of college: 953
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,462
Associate degree: 1,101
Bachelor's degree: 6,774
Master's degree: 5,622
Professional school degree: 511
Doctorate degree: 643
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 129
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 44
7th and 8th grade: 31
9th grade: 51
10th grade: 26
11th grade: 26
12th grade, no diploma: 186
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,098
Less than 1 year of college: 845
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,956
Associate degree: 1,586
Bachelor's degree: 7,048
Master's degree: 4,457
Professional school degree: 505
Doctorate degree: 840
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 18,001
One, attached: 1,305
Two: 80
3 or 4: 889
5 to 9: 1,070
10 to 19: 946
20 to 49: 526
50 or more: 707
Mobile homes: 116
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 172
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,900
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.2%