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Madison, NC
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Living in Madison



Madison is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,146 people and three associated neighborhoods, Madison is the 301st largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.89% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Madison has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Madison has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Madison than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Madison may be for you.

Madison is a small town, 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%: 19.53% of the adults in Madison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Madison in 2022 was $29,806, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,224 for a family of four. However, Madison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Madison is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.

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