Madison vs Ridgeland

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

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

Madison has the higher population (27,775 vs 24,548 in Ridgeland). Madison has the higher median household income ($120,918 vs $63,470 in Ridgeland). Madison has the higher median home value ($334,700 vs $259,600 in Ridgeland).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Ridgeland
Population	27,775	24,548
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$120,918	$63,470
Median home value	$334,700	$259,600
Median gross rent	$1,798	$1,204
Housing units	10,127	11,697
Homeownership rate	93.4%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.7%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Ridgeland
Population	25,592 → 27,775 (+8.5%)	24,269 → 24,548 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$114,521 → $120,918 (+5.6%)	$60,823 → $63,470 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $334,700 (+27.8%)	$186,500 → $259,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,549 → $1,798 (+16.1%)	$1,043 → $1,204 (+15.4%)

Madison

Population

25,59227,775

Median household income

$114,521$120,918

Median home value

$261,900$334,700

Median gross rent

$1,549$1,798

Ridgeland

Population

24,26924,548

Median household income

$60,823$63,470

Median home value

$186,500$259,600

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Ridgeland
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	43.4%
Black or African American	12.3%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	11.2%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Ridgeland
Drove alone	81.7%	84.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	96.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	4.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1996	1990