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Madison

United States · GDP 2024
#2166 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$684.3M
GDP growth
+0.6%
Jobs tracked
2,850
Employers
435
Avg. wage
$48.5k
Population
17,270
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$90.9k±$10.5k
Business applications
224 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Retail trade30%
Health care22%
Construction15%
Wholesale trade13%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,270
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $64.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+558
International migration+17
Natural change+62

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$440.3M
2019
$453.8M
2020
$526.3M
2021
$612.5M
2022
$680.3M
2023
$684.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$245.1k±$12.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$149/mo
Vacancy rate
5.7%±2.1%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
66 (3.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
35.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Landslide 79Hail 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
236
2016
255
2017
267
2018
279
2019
279
2020
299
2021
355
2022
374
2023
402
2024
404
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
18.3 km
IAIS
Nearest port
158.5 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
37.1 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Pike$684.3MWillacy$684.5MWinston$683.6MLincoln$685.1MTyler$683.0MNorthampton$682.1M
The read

Madison's economy produced $684.3M in 2024, growing 0.6% year over year — slower than 78% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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