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Madison

United States · GDP 2024
#930 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
GDP growth
+3.9%
Jobs tracked
19,641
Employers
1,232
Avg. wage
$52.7k
Population
36,106
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$4.3k
Business applications
281 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Madison County Financial, Inc.Financial Services$32.3M51D

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
Health care27%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade12%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,106
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $68.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−572
International migration+794
Natural change+377

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B
2019
$2.5B
2020
$2.8B
2021
$2.9B
2022
$3.1B
2023
$3.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.5k±$9.0k
Median gross rent
$881/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±1.4%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
75 (2.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
60.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$992/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 92Winter weather 88Ice storm 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
359
2016
377
2017
401
2018
412
2019
425
2020
467
2021
518
2022
572
2023
604
2024
625
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
112.7 km
I-129
Nearest freight rail
9.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
115.3 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
113.8 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Juneau City and Borough$3.2BWilkes$3.2BGrant$3.2BFord$3.2BMuscatine$3.2BTooele$3.2B
The read

Madison's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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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