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.Unlike some towns, Madison isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Madison are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Madison is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Madison who work in office and administrative support (13.06%), food service (10.54%), and business and financial occupations (9.28%). A relatively large number of people in Madison telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.89% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Being a small town, Madison does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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.
