Buckhead vs Madison

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

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

Madison has the higher population (4,714 vs 223 in Buckhead). Buckhead has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $79,133 in Madison). Madison has the higher median home value ($313,100 vs $197,600 in Buckhead).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhead	Madison
Population	223	4,714
Median age	35.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,625	$79,133
Median home value	$197,600	$313,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,128
Housing units	92	2,266
Homeownership rate	94.3%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhead	Madison
Population	222 → 223 (+0.5%)	4,085 → 4,714 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$57,292 → $85,625 (+49.5%)	$67,250 → $79,133 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $197,600 (+33.8%)	$249,500 → $313,100 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,083 (+9.2%)	$869 → $1,128 (+29.8%)

Buckhead

Population

222223

Median household income

$57,292$85,625

Median home value

$147,700$197,600

Median gross rent

$992$1,083

Madison

Population

4,0854,714

Median household income

$67,250$79,133

Median home value

$249,500$313,100

Median gross rent

$869$1,128

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhead	Madison
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	26.0%	19.6%
35 to 44	29.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	0.4%	10.6%
75 and over	7.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhead	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	57.1%
Black or African American	22.4%	38.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhead	Madison
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	62.0%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhead	Madison
Drove alone	81.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhead	Madison
1-unit, detached	77.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Buckhead	Madison
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1980	1990