Madison vs Seward

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

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

Madison has the higher population (385 vs 351 in Seward). Madison has the higher median household income ($87,292 vs $50,000 in Seward). Madison has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $68,400 in Seward).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Seward
Population	385	351
Median age	42.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,292	$50,000
Median home value	$250,000	$68,400
Median gross rent	$675	$660
Housing units	173	196
Homeownership rate	87.1%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Seward
Population	367 → 385 (+4.9%)	356 → 351 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$58,359 → $87,292 (+49.6%)	$42,679 → $50,000 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $250,000 (+53.2%)	$61,300 → $68,400 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $675 (+12.5%)	$714 → $660 (-7.6%)

Madison

Population

367385

Median household income

$58,359$87,292

Median home value

$163,200$250,000

Median gross rent

$600$675

Seward

Population

356351

Median household income

$42,679$50,000

Median home value

$61,300$68,400

Median gross rent

$714$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Seward
Under 5	1.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	19.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	20.5%	12.0%
75 and over	3.6%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Seward
No high school diploma	2.1%	11.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	65.0%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Seward
Drove alone	90.7%	87.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Seward
1-unit, detached	87.9%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Seward
Poverty rate	4.4%	18.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1958	1949