Madison Center vs Moodus

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

Madison Center and Moodus 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 1,815 in Moodus). Madison Center has the higher median household income ($190,769 vs $88,482 in Moodus). Madison Center has the higher median home value ($816,800 vs $259,000 in Moodus).

Population, income & housing

	Madison Center	Moodus
Population	1,818	1,815
Median age	59.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$190,769	$88,482
Median home value	$816,800	$259,000
Median gross rent	$2,079	$1,151
Housing units	1,118	961
Homeownership rate	63.1%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison Center	Moodus
Population	2,197 → 1,818 (-17.3%)	1,391 → 1,815 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$62,596 → $190,769 (+204.8%)	$83,636 → $88,482 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$583,500 → $816,800 (+40.0%)	$263,900 → $259,000 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $2,079 (+61.7%)	$1,023 → $1,151 (+12.5%)

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

Moodus

Population

1,3911,815

Median household income

$83,636$88,482

Median home value

$263,900$259,000

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison Center	Moodus
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	1.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	22.1%	23.0%
65 to 74	20.7%	9.6%
75 and over	15.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison Center	Moodus
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison Center	Moodus
No high school diploma	0.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	15.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	42.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison Center	Moodus
Drove alone	61.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.6%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison Center	Moodus
1-unit, detached	68.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Madison Center	Moodus
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1969	1962