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Madison, WV
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Living in Madison



Madison is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,787 people and two associated neighborhoods, Madison is the 79th largest community in West Virginia.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Madison has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Madison a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Madison spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.33 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Madison is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Madison who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.15% of the adults in Madison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Madison in 2022 was $27,649, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,596 for a family of four. However, Madison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Madison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Madison residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Madison include English, Irish, German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Madison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Polish.


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