Madison

Population & Demographics

Madison, AL

Madison is home to 60,106 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 26,175 resident workers commute each day.

AlabamaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
60,106
people
Population

60,106 residents

Median age 37.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Madison population & demographics

Who lives in Madison — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
60,106
Median age
37.3yrs
Median household income
$134,655
Median home value
$398,800
Median gross rent
$1,453/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
64.5%
Poverty rate
4.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Madison

How Madison breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White66.1%
Black12.6%
Hispanic or Latino8.6%
Asian7.1%
Two or more races4.3%
Some other race0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Madison

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Madison.

Madison at a glance
Employed Residents
26,175
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
13.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Huntsville
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Madison proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Madison commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

73 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Madison

26,175 commutes, one dot at a time

Madison

Where 26,175 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Madison, by worker count.

1Huntsville8.6 mi14,453
2Madison0.0 mi3,565
3Decatur15.8 mi993
4Athens12.6 mi526
5Birmingham82.1 mi494
6Redstone Arsenal7.0 mi488
7Hoover91.7 mi243
8Montgomery164.4 mi234

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Madison.

1Huntsville8.6 mi5,041
2Madison0.0 mi3,565
3Decatur15.8 mi789
4Athens12.6 mi662
5Birmingham82.1 mi244
6Harvest9.7 mi226
7Meridianville14.7 mi207
8Hartselle21.5 mi189

Top industries

The sectors that employ Madison’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.1%
RTRetail Trade14.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services12.1%
EDEducational Services10.1%
MFManufacturing6.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.6%
WSWholesale Trade4.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Madison

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps51%
See all internet providers in Madison

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).