Madison is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,917 people and three associated neighborhoods, Madison is the 164th largest community in Georgia. Madison real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Madison house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.When you are in Madison, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.49% of Madison’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Madison is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Madison who work in teaching (17.78%), food service (7.70%), and sales jobs (6.84%). Also of interest is that Madison has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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 18.81 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small city, Madison does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Madison are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.78% of adults in Madison have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Madison in 2022 was $42,167, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,668 for a family of four. However, Madison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Madison is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Madison is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
