Madison is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,838 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Madison is the 79th largest community in West Virginia.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Madison has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Madison a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.90 minutes getting to work every day.

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, the citizens of Madison rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.26% of adults 25 and older in Madison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Madison in 2018 was $26,199, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,796 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 Black or African-American. 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 Polish and Italian.