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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 2,742 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.

One of the benefits of Madison is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.33 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.15% of adults 25 and older in Madison have a college 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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