Madison vs Roxana

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

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

Madison has the higher population (2,788 vs 1,626 in Roxana). Roxana has the higher median household income ($66,125 vs $44,181 in Madison). Roxana has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $51,200 in Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Roxana
Population	2,788	1,626
Median age	46.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,181	$66,125
Median home value	$51,200	$101,800
Median gross rent	$1,010	$949
Housing units	1,498	764
Homeownership rate	44.9%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	21.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Roxana
Population	3,338 → 2,788 (-16.5%)	1,517 → 1,626 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$30,316 → $44,181 (+45.7%)	$47,917 → $66,125 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$44,700 → $51,200 (+14.5%)	$80,300 → $101,800 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,010 (+36.9%)	$785 → $949 (+20.9%)

Madison

Population

3,3382,788

Median household income

$30,316$44,181

Median home value

$44,700$51,200

Median gross rent

$738$1,010

Roxana

Population

1,5171,626

Median household income

$47,917$66,125

Median home value

$80,300$101,800

Median gross rent

$785$949

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Roxana
Under 5	1.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	24.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.7%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Roxana
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	57.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Roxana
No high school diploma	17.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	41.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Roxana
Drove alone	94.8%	90.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.7%
Public transit	2.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Roxana
1-unit, detached	80.2%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Roxana
Poverty rate	30.8%	15.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1954	1949