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.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.21 minutes getting to work every day.
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 education level of Madison citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.45% of adults in Madison have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Madison in 2022 was $30,987, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,948 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Madison include English, Irish, German, Scandinavian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Madison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.
