Madison vs Rutledge

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

Madison and Rutledge 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 1,134 in Rutledge). Madison has the higher median household income ($79,133 vs $57,083 in Rutledge). Madison has the higher median home value ($313,100 vs $266,900 in Rutledge).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Rutledge
Population	4,714	1,134
Median age	37.5 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,133	$57,083
Median home value	$313,100	$266,900
Median gross rent	$1,128	$918
Housing units	2,266	434
Homeownership rate	40.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Rutledge
Population	4,085 → 4,714 (+15.4%)	1,104 → 1,134 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$67,250 → $79,133 (+17.7%)	$26,458 → $57,083 (+115.7%)
Median home value	$249,500 → $313,100 (+25.5%)	$178,200 → $266,900 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $1,128 (+29.8%)	$613 → $918 (+49.8%)

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

Rutledge

Population

1,1041,134

Median household income

$26,458$57,083

Median home value

$178,200$266,900

Median gross rent

$613$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Rutledge
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	19.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.9%
75 and over	9.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	50.2%
Black or African American	38.6%	40.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Rutledge
No high school diploma	4.9%	28.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Rutledge
Drove alone	83.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	65.5%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Rutledge
Poverty rate	6.9%	17.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	15	29
Median year structure built	1990	1983