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Madison County

New York · 67,120 residents (2025 est.) · 655 sq mi
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Madison County is home to 67,328 people in New York. Few US counties rank higher on income. Owners hold 78% of the housing stock. 3% of locals were born outside the United States. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $184,600. At a median age of 42.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole.

At a glance
Lower income
median household income $75,499, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
30% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 29%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Madison County

What changed most since 1990

  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$165,365 → $184,600 (+12%)US over the same years: +67%
  • White share97.1% → 89.6% (−7.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
  • Median age31.4 → 42.4 (+11.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years

Among the 62 counties in New York

  • 23rd in household income$75,499
  • 31st in share with a bachelor's degree29.6%
  • 34th in home value$184,600
  • 48th in diversity score24.2
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
67,328
−3%since 2000
from 69,441 in 2000
67,120 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
103 / sq mi
−3%since 2000
from 106 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
42.4
+17%since 2000
from 36.1 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
655 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
67K69K70K72K74K19902000201020202024Madison County
202467K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.5%(3,004)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 94.6%(3,095)
US avg: 6%
10 to 145.7%(3,822)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 198.9%(5,969)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 248%(5,413)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3410.4%(7,020)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4410.8%(7,297)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411.4%(7,647)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6415.4%(10,378)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7412.3%(8,305)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.8%(3,901)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.2%(1,477)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$75,499
+3%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $40,184 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$40,197
+110%since 2000
from $19,105 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
50.3%
+20.9 ptssince 2009
from 29.4% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
10.0%
+0.2 ptssince 2000
from 9.8% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.438
+7%since 2010
from 0.411 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information10%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade9.7%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade6.7%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services5.5%
US avg: 6.7%
Finance & insurance4.8%
US avg: 5.9%
Public administration4.1%
US avg: 4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical3.6%
US avg: 5.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing3%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction2.8%
US avg: 1.2%
Transportation & warehousing1.9%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services1.1%
US avg: 0.9%
Arts, entertainment, food1.1%
US avg: 1.9%
Manufacturing0.2%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$184,600
+29%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $78,700 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$928
Unchangedinflation adjusted, since 2000
from $509 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
78.3%
+3.3 ptssince 2000
from 75.0% in 2000
21.7% rent
Vacancy rate
14.6%
+2.0 ptssince 2009
from 12.6% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.34 people
−6%since 2009
from 2.49 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
19.8%
−4.4 ptssince 2009
from 24.2% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
41.4%
+10.7 ptssince 2009
from 30.7% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
2.4
+20%since 2009
from 2.0 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
39
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic95.9%(66,564)
Black1.3%(870)
Hispanic / Latino1.1%(734)
Asian0.6%(385)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic89.6%(60,335)
Black1.8%(1,242)
Hispanic / Latino2.6%(1,776)
Asian1.2%(817)
Other4.7%(3,158)
Diversity Score
24
+91%since 2009
from 13 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
25
−14%since 2020
from 29 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Puerto Rican0.7%(451)
Mexican0.5%(336)
Dominican0.2%(142)
Spaniard0.1%(56)
Guatemalan0.1%(49)
Cuban0.1%(47)
Paraguayan0.1%(44)
Venezuelan0.1%(40)
Honduran0.1%(36)
+ 8 more hispanic origin groups with data
Asian origin
Chinese0.3%(222)
Asian Indian0.1%(88)
Korean0.1%(69)
Pakistani0.1%(52)
Filipino0.1%(49)
Japanese0.1%(36)
Thai0%(13)
Cambodian0%(10)
Burmese0%(5)
+ 2 more asian origin groups with data
Ancestry
Irish16.8%(11,280)
German16.7%(11,251)
English16.5%(11,089)
Italian11.4%(7,648)
American8.7%(5,865)
Polish4.9%(3,273)
French3.3%(2,220)
Dutch2.6%(1,756)
Scottish2%(1,380)
Welsh1.9%(1,261)
French Canadian1.5%(1,033)
Norwegian0.7%(503)
+ 44 more ancestry groups with data
Ukrainian0.7%(486)
Swedish0.5%(366)
Russian0.5%(332)
West Indian0.5%(323)
Scotch-Irish0.4%(288)
Swiss0.4%(260)
Arab0.4%(258)
Danish0.4%(246)
Canadian0.4%(240)
British0.3%(225)
Austrian0.3%(189)
Greek0.3%(172)
Hungarian0.2%(159)
Haitian0.2%(153)
Romanian0.2%(120)
Portuguese0.2%(118)
Jamaican0.2%(101)
Lebanese0.1%(91)
Syrian0.1%(90)
Czech0.1%(80)
Lithuanian0.1%(80)
Turkish0.1%(71)
Slovak0.1%(63)
Armenian0.1%(43)
Belgian0.1%(35)
Ethiopian0%(33)
Croatian0%(26)
Israeli0%(26)
Ghanaian0%(22)
Egyptian0%(18)
Finnish0%(18)
Guyanese0%(17)
Brazilian0%(13)
Iranian0%(12)
Slovene0%(9)
Latvian0%(4)
Kenyan0%(3)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
29.6%
+8.0 ptssince 2000
from 21.6% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
92.7%
+9.4 ptssince 2000
from 83.3% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
14.0%
+5.3 ptssince 2000
from 8.7% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
23.6 min
+53%since 2000
from 15.4 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
75.0%
−2.7 ptssince 2009
from 77.6% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
6.4%
−2.4 ptssince 2009
from 8.8% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.5%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.6% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
10.4%
+5.2 ptssince 2009
from 5.2% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
6.4%
+0.9 ptssince 2009
from 5.5% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.4%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.4% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
6.0%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 5.7% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.2%
−1.6 ptssince 2011
from 5.9% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
57.2%
−4.0 ptssince 2011
from 61.3% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
71.0%
−0.6 ptssince 2020
from 71.6% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
19.6%
+3.6 ptssince 2009
from 16.0% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
42.5%
+9.4 ptssince 2009
from 33.2% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.5%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 49.2% in 2009
Female
50.5%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 50.8% in 2009
Foreign born
2.6%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 2.1% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
7.4%
−4.1 ptssince 2009
from 11.5% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
13.3%
+2.8 ptssince 2012
from 10.5% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
3.8%
−3.4 ptssince 2013
from 7.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
89.3%
+10.8 ptssince 2017
from 78.5% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
93.1%
+4.6 ptssince 2020
from 88.5% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
89.5%
−0.7 ptssince 2020
from 90.1% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
95.5%
−0.5 ptssince 2016
from 96.0% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
1.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2016
from 1.0% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married35.4%(9,984)
Married51.1%(14,394)
Widowed3.3%(920)
Divorced10.2%(2,875)
Women 15+
Never married33%(9,637)
Married45.6%(13,332)
Widowed8.2%(2,406)
Divorced13.2%(3,859)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
3.8%
−3.4 ptssince 2013
from 7.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
57.7%
−3.5 ptssince 2020
from 61.2% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
15.2%
+2.3 ptssince 2020
from 12.9% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
22.0%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 20.2% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
21.1%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 20.4% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
3.1%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 2.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
70.9%
−1.5 ptssince 2020
from 72.4% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
40.5%
+1.6 ptssince 2020
from 38.9% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.6%(712)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.6%(874)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.6%(1,402)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.9%(117)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(27)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 4,047 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Madison County, decade by decade

Madison County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
199069,120$70,915$165,36518.2%7.0
200069,441$73,201$143,36421.6%10.1
201073,442$76,741$160,68823.7%14.8
202068,016$74,148$169,68526.6%24.3
202467,328$75,499$184,60029.6%24.2

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Madison County, New York?

Madison County, New York has about 67,328 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Madison County, New York?

The typical household in Madison County, New York earns about $75,499 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Madison County, New York expensive?

In Madison County, New York, the median home is worth about $184,600, and the typical rent is about $928 a month.

How educated are people in Madison County, New York?

About 29.6% of adults age 25 and over in Madison County, New York hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Madison County, New York?

About 10.0% of people in Madison County, New York live below the federal poverty line.

Has Madison County, New York grown since 1990?

Yes, Madison County, New York has shrunk since 1990. The population has lost about 1,792 residents, a change of about -3 percent over that period.

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