Madison - Hamilton is a very small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 1,950 people and just one neighborhood, Madison - Hamilton is the 175th largest community in Kansas. Madison - Hamilton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Madison - Hamilton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Madison - Hamilton is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Madison - Hamilton who work in management occupations (13.72%), office and administrative support (11.92%), and teaching (9.74%).
Being a small town, Madison - Hamilton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Madison - Hamilton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.67% of adults in Madison - Hamilton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Madison - Hamilton in 2022 was $41,642, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,568 for a family of four. However, Madison - Hamilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Madison - Hamilton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Madison - Hamilton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Madison - Hamilton include German, English, Irish, French, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Madison - Hamilton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Madison - Hamilton is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in KS, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.3% of the neighborhoods in Kansas. If you are considering retiring to Kansas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Madison - Hamilton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.3%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Madison - Hamilton, KS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.6%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.