It is a fairly quiet city 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.
One of the benefits of Madison is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.33 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Madison is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Madison is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.15% of adults 25 and older in Madison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Madison in 2022 was $27,649, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,596 for a family of four. However, Madison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Madison include English, Irish, German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Madison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Polish.
