Bellingham vs Madison

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

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

Madison has the higher population (1,507 vs 152 in Bellingham). Madison has the higher median household income ($56,435 vs $52,083 in Bellingham). Madison has the higher median home value ($104,600 vs $52,700 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Madison
Population	152	1,507
Median age	35.8 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,083	$56,435
Median home value	$52,700	$104,600
Median gross rent	$494	$920
Housing units	79	914
Homeownership rate	86.2%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Madison
Population	233 → 152 (-34.8%)	1,617 → 1,507 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $52,083 (+19.0%)	$43,750 → $56,435 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$43,300 → $52,700 (+21.7%)	$67,600 → $104,600 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $494 (+16.2%)	$522 → $920 (+76.2%)

Bellingham

Population

233152

Median household income

$43,750$52,083

Median home value

$43,300$52,700

Median gross rent

$425$494

Madison

Population

1,6171,507

Median household income

$43,750$56,435

Median home value

$67,600$104,600

Median gross rent

$522$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Madison
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	1.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	19.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.1%
75 and over	11.8%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Madison
No high school diploma	12.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	55.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Madison
Drove alone	81.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Madison
1-unit, detached	88.6%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Madison
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.9%
Average household size	2.34	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1954	1956