Madison is a medium-sized town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 23,600 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Madison is the 12th largest community in Mississippi.

Madison is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.73% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Madison is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Madison who work in management occupations (16.86%), sales jobs (16.15%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.21%).

Also of interest is that Madison has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Madison is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Madison is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Madison really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Madison perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Madison is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 99.1% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Madison.

Madison Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Madison, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Madison is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.05% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Madison in 2000 was $30,482, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,928 for a family of four. However, Madison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Madison home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Madison is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Madison include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Madison is English.