Madison Center vs Old Saybrook Center

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

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

Old Saybrook Center has the higher population (2,063 vs 1,818 in Madison Center). Madison Center has the higher median household income ($190,769 vs $85,466 in Old Saybrook Center). Madison Center has the higher median home value ($816,800 vs $400,600 in Old Saybrook Center).

Population, income & housing

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
Population	1,818	2,063
Median age	59.1 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$190,769	$85,466
Median home value	$816,800	$400,600
Median gross rent	$2,079	$1,665
Housing units	1,118	1,210
Homeownership rate	63.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.7%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
Population	2,197 → 1,818 (-17.3%)	2,296 → 2,063 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$62,596 → $190,769 (+204.8%)	$59,487 → $85,466 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$583,500 → $816,800 (+40.0%)	$398,200 → $400,600 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $2,079 (+61.7%)	$1,381 → $1,665 (+20.6%)

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

Old Saybrook Center

Population

2,2962,063

Median household income

$59,487$85,466

Median home value

$398,200$400,600

Median gross rent

$1,381$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
Under 5	2.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	4.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	22.1%	22.4%
65 to 74	20.7%	9.0%
75 and over	15.4%	23.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
No high school diploma	0.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	15.1%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.0%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
Drove alone	61.3%	59.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.6%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	13.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
1-unit, detached	68.1%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	16.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Madison Center	Old Saybrook Center
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.06	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1969	1981