Brightwood vs Madison

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

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

Brightwood has the higher population (1,436 vs 328 in Madison). Brightwood has the higher median household income ($90,208 vs $47,059 in Madison). Madison has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $300,000 in Brightwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brightwood	Madison
Population	1,436	328
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,208	$47,059
Median home value	$300,000	$312,500
Median gross rent	—	$986
Housing units	475	183
Homeownership rate	98.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brightwood	Madison
Population	1,195 → 1,436 (+20.2%)	247 → 328 (+32.8%)
Median household income	$74,881 → $90,208 (+20.5%)	$36,667 → $47,059 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$287,100 → $300,000 (+4.5%)	$235,000 → $312,500 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,355 → $1,727 (+27.5%)	$777 → $986 (+26.9%)

Brightwood

Population

1,1951,436

Median household income

$74,881$90,208

Median home value

$287,100$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,727

Madison

Population

247328

Median household income

$36,667$47,059

Median home value

$235,000$312,500

Median gross rent

$777$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brightwood	Madison
Under 5	14.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	6.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	17.1%
75 and over	12.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brightwood	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brightwood	Madison
No high school diploma	12.1%	11.6%
High school graduate	44.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brightwood	Madison
Drove alone	70.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brightwood	Madison
1-unit, detached	95.8%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Brightwood	Madison
Poverty rate	3.3%	24.1%
Average household size	3.02	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1978	1950