Comfort vs Madison

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

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

Madison has the higher population (2,840 vs 199 in Comfort). Madison has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $83,600 in Comfort). Since 2019, Comfort's population has grown faster (+29.2% vs +1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Comfort	Madison
Population	199	2,840
Median age	57.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$57,073
Median home value	$83,600	$127,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,015
Housing units	230	1,319
Homeownership rate	69.1%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfort	Madison
Population	154 → 199 (+29.2%)	2,788 → 2,840 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$91,818 → $103,182 (+12.4%)	$46,250 → $57,073 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $83,600 (+10.0%)	$120,300 → $127,200 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$741 → $1,015 (+37.0%)

Comfort

Population

154199

Median household income

$91,818$103,182

Median home value

$76,000$83,600

Madison

Population

2,7882,840

Median household income

$46,250$57,073

Median home value

$120,300$127,200

Median gross rent

$741$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfort	Madison
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	8.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.5%	18.9%
35 to 44	3.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	58.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	17.1%
75 and over	10.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfort	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comfort	Madison
No high school diploma	30.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	53.3%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfort	Madison
Drove alone	85.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfort	Madison
1-unit, detached	57.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Comfort	Madison
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1972	1961