Madison vs Meridianville

A side-by-side comparison of Madison and Meridianville: population, income, housing, and more.

Madison and Meridianville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Madison has the higher population (58,335 vs 10,268 in Meridianville). Madison has the higher median household income ($131,436 vs $93,030 in Meridianville). Madison has the higher median home value ($367,900 vs $271,800 in Meridianville).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Meridianville
Population	58,335	10,268
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$131,436	$93,030
Median home value	$367,900	$271,800
Median gross rent	$1,375	$983
Housing units	22,688	3,803
Homeownership rate	74.7%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Meridianville
Population	49,327 → 58,335 (+18.3%)	7,087 → 10,268 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$99,188 → $131,436 (+32.5%)	$80,476 → $93,030 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$253,000 → $367,900 (+45.4%)	$178,000 → $271,800 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$946 → $1,375 (+45.3%)	$1,122 → $983 (-12.4%)

Madison

Population

49,32758,335

Median household income

$99,188$131,436

Median home value

$253,000$367,900

Median gross rent

$946$1,375

Meridianville

Population

7,08710,268

Median household income

$80,476$93,030

Median home value

$178,000$271,800

Median gross rent

$1,122$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Meridianville
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.7%
75 and over	4.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Meridianville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	58.1%
Black or African American	12.7%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.3%
Asian	7.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Meridianville
No high school diploma	2.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	11.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Meridianville
Drove alone	75.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	19.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Meridianville
1-unit, detached	76.2%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Meridianville
Poverty rate	4.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2000	2005