Arcanum vs New Madison

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

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

Arcanum has the higher population (2,850 vs 804 in New Madison). New Madison has the higher median household income ($64,688 vs $52,380 in Arcanum). Arcanum has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $107,800 in New Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Arcanum	New Madison
Population	2,850	804
Median age	36.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,380	$64,688
Median home value	$147,300	$107,800
Median gross rent	$817	$850
Housing units	1,214	352
Homeownership rate	69.4%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcanum	New Madison
Population	2,195 → 2,850 (+29.8%)	994 → 804 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$56,750 → $52,380 (-7.7%)	$53,348 → $64,688 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $147,300 (+13.6%)	$77,900 → $107,800 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $817 (+16.5%)	$714 → $850 (+19.0%)

Arcanum

Population

2,1952,850

Median household income

$56,750$52,380

Median home value

$129,700$147,300

Median gross rent

$701$817

New Madison

Population

994804

Median household income

$53,348$64,688

Median home value

$77,900$107,800

Median gross rent

$714$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcanum	New Madison
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.7%
75 and over	7.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcanum	New Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcanum	New Madison
No high school diploma	10.5%	10.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcanum	New Madison
Drove alone	88.6%	85.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcanum	New Madison
1-unit, detached	80.8%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcanum	New Madison
Poverty rate	10.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1969	1950