Higganum vs Madison Center

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

Higganum 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 1,549 in Higganum). Madison Center has the higher median household income ($190,769 vs $134,750 in Higganum). Madison Center has the higher median home value ($816,800 vs $361,600 in Higganum).

Population, income & housing

	Higganum	Madison Center
Population	1,549	1,818
Median age	45.0 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$134,750	$190,769
Median home value	$361,600	$816,800
Median gross rent	$1,568	$2,079
Housing units	764	1,118
Homeownership rate	89.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higganum	Madison Center
Population	1,285 → 1,549 (+20.5%)	2,197 → 1,818 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$101,786 → $134,750 (+32.4%)	$62,596 → $190,769 (+204.8%)
Median home value	$310,400 → $361,600 (+16.5%)	$583,500 → $816,800 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,568 (+88.7%)	$1,286 → $2,079 (+61.7%)

Higganum

Population

1,2851,549

Median household income

$101,786$134,750

Median home value

$310,400$361,600

Median gross rent

$831$1,568

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)

	Higganum	Madison Center
Under 5	1.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	22.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	20.7%
75 and over	3.6%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higganum	Madison Center
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higganum	Madison Center
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.1%
High school graduate	18.2%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higganum	Madison Center
Drove alone	72.4%	61.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.7%
Public transit	4.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	22.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higganum	Madison Center
1-unit, detached	94.8%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Higganum	Madison Center
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1960	1969