Madison Heights is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 10,893 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Madison Heights is the 71st largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns, Madison Heights isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Madison Heights are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Madison Heights is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Madison Heights who work in office and administrative support (14.28%), sales jobs (12.20%), and management occupations (7.87%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.38% 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 Heights 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 Heights has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Madison Heights than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Madison Heights may be for you. Being a small town, Madison Heights does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Madison Heights rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.82% of adults 25 and older in Madison Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Madison Heights in 2022 was $32,380, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,520 for a family of four. However, Madison Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Madison Heights is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Madison Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Madison Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Madison Heights include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Madison Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
