Madison vs Paris

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

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

Paris has the higher population (1,326 vs 387 in Madison). Paris has the higher median household income ($54,219 vs $44,375 in Madison). Paris has the higher median home value ($99,500 vs $86,800 in Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Paris
Population	387	1,326
Median age	35.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$54,219
Median home value	$86,800	$99,500
Median gross rent	$644	$670
Housing units	238	636
Homeownership rate	70.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Paris
Population	496 → 387 (-22.0%)	1,390 → 1,326 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$39,861 → $44,375 (+11.3%)	$36,550 → $54,219 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $86,800 (+27.6%)	$74,500 → $99,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $644 (+1.7%)	$325 → $670 (+106.2%)

Madison

Population

496387

Median household income

$39,861$44,375

Median home value

$68,000$86,800

Median gross rent

$633$644

Paris

Population

1,3901,326

Median household income

$36,550$54,219

Median home value

$74,500$99,500

Median gross rent

$325$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Paris
Under 5	7.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	6.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.9%
75 and over	7.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Paris
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	39.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Paris
Drove alone	90.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Paris
1-unit, detached	73.5%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Paris
Poverty rate	21.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1961	1962