Colt vs Madison

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

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

Madison has the higher population (574 vs 446 in Colt). Madison has the higher median household income ($60,809 vs $21,563 in Colt). Colt has the higher median home value ($94,200 vs $57,200 in Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Colt	Madison
Population	446	574
Median age	32.9 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$21,563	$60,809
Median home value	$94,200	$57,200
Median gross rent	$703	$845
Housing units	207	381
Homeownership rate	25.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colt	Madison
Population	330 → 446 (+35.2%)	1,043 → 574 (-45.0%)
Median household income	$37,946 → $21,563 (-43.2%)	$32,659 → $60,809 (+86.2%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $94,200 (+88.4%)	$21,500 → $57,200 (+166.0%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $703 (+42.6%)	$722 → $845 (+17.0%)

Colt

Population

330446

Median household income

$37,946$21,563

Median home value

$50,000$94,200

Median gross rent

$493$703

Madison

Population

1,043574

Median household income

$32,659$60,809

Median home value

$21,500$57,200

Median gross rent

$722$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colt	Madison
Under 5	7.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	23.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	22.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.3%	22.5%
75 and over	4.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colt	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	15.7%
Black or African American	6.1%	82.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colt	Madison
No high school diploma	15.1%	15.4%
High school graduate	50.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colt	Madison
Drove alone	90.2%	93.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colt	Madison
1-unit, detached	50.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Colt	Madison
Poverty rate	44.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1980	1982