Overall, Madison’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small city, Madison 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 rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.98% of adults 25 and older in Madison 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 in 2022 was $19,280, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,120 for a family of four. However, Madison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Madison also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.33% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Madison include English, German, Dutch, African, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Madison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
