About Madisonville

Madisonville is a tiny coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 650 people and just one neighborhood, Madisonville is the 269th largest community in Louisiana.

Madisonville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Madisonville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Madisonville who work in sales jobs (13.02%), office and administrative support jobs (11.83%), and management occupations (10.36%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.04% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One of the nice things about Madisonville is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Madisonville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Madisonville Information and Demographics

The education level of Madisonville citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 30.99% of adults in Madisonville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Madisonville in 2000 was $25,114, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,456 for a family of four.

Madisonville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Madisonville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Madisonville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Madisonville include French, German, English, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Madisonville is English.