Fenwick vs Madison Center

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

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

Madison Center has the higher population (1,818 vs 42 in Fenwick). Madison Center has the higher median household income ($190,769 vs $166,750 in Fenwick). Fenwick has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $816,800 in Madison Center).

Population, income & housing

	Fenwick	Madison Center
Population	42	1,818
Median age	68.5 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$166,750	$190,769
Median home value	$2,000,001	$816,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,079
Housing units	108	1,118
Homeownership rate	95.7%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenwick	Madison Center
Population	64 → 42 (-34.4%)	2,197 → 1,818 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$161,250 → $166,750 (+3.4%)	$62,596 → $190,769 (+204.8%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$583,500 → $816,800 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,286 → $2,079 (+61.7%)

Fenwick

Population

6442

Median household income

$161,250$166,750

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Madison Center

Population

2,1971,818

Median household income

$62,596$190,769

Median home value

$583,500$816,800

Median gross rent

$1,286$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenwick	Madison Center
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.0%
35 to 44	2.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	2.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	31.0%	22.1%
65 to 74	35.7%	20.7%
75 and over	28.6%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenwick	Madison Center
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenwick	Madison Center
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.1%
High school graduate	4.8%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	54.8%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenwick	Madison Center
Drove alone	41.7%	61.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	12.5%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.8%	22.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenwick	Madison Center
1-unit, detached	98.1%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fenwick	Madison Center
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.0%
Average household size	1.83	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1938	1969