Madison vs Secretary

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

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

Secretary has the higher population (598 vs 145 in Madison). Madison has the higher median household income ($108,676 vs $68,333 in Secretary). Madison has the higher median home value ($768,400 vs $172,100 in Secretary).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Secretary
Population	145	598
Median age	66.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,676	$68,333
Median home value	$768,400	$172,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,135
Housing units	105	269
Homeownership rate	98.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Secretary
Population	204 → 145 (-28.9%)	445 → 598 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$90,592 → $108,676 (+20.0%)	$44,167 → $68,333 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$490,000 → $768,400 (+56.8%)	$142,900 → $172,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,217 → $1,135 (-6.7%)

Madison

Population

204145

Median household income

$90,592$108,676

Median home value

$490,000$768,400

Secretary

Population

445598

Median household income

$44,167$68,333

Median home value

$142,900$172,100

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Secretary
Under 5	1.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	4.1%	27.1%
18 to 24	1.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	20.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.5%
55 to 64	23.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	38.6%	9.5%
75 and over	24.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Secretary
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Secretary
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	11.9%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	63.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Secretary
Drove alone	100.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Secretary
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Secretary
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1977	1971