Madison vs Severy

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

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

Madison has the higher population (943 vs 185 in Severy). Madison has the higher median household income ($52,750 vs $34,500 in Severy). Madison has the higher median home value ($48,600 vs $28,000 in Severy).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Severy
Population	943	185
Median age	36.3 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,750	$34,500
Median home value	$48,600	$28,000
Median gross rent	$590	$725
Housing units	522	168
Homeownership rate	75.5%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Severy
Population	851 → 943 (+10.8%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$39,856 → $52,750 (+32.4%)	$43,125 → $34,500 (-20.0%)
Median home value	$49,100 → $48,600 (-1.0%)	$28,200 → $28,000 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $590 (-4.8%)	$450 → $725 (+61.1%)

Madison

Population

851943

Median household income

$39,856$52,750

Median home value

$49,100$48,600

Median gross rent

$620$590

Severy

Population

223185

Median household income

$43,125$34,500

Median home value

$28,200$28,000

Median gross rent

$450$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Severy
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	9.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	2.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	25.9%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.2%
75 and over	11.7%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Severy
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Severy
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Severy
Drove alone	82.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Severy
1-unit, detached	94.8%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Severy
Poverty rate	11.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.38	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1943	1940