Madison vs Racine

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

Madison and Racine 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 451 in Racine). Racine has the higher median household income ($73,724 vs $57,073 in Madison). Madison has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $112,700 in Racine).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Racine
Population	2,840	451
Median age	43.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,073	$73,724
Median home value	$127,200	$112,700
Median gross rent	$1,015	—
Housing units	1,319	140
Homeownership rate	69.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	46.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Racine
Population	2,788 → 2,840 (+1.9%)	361 → 451 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $57,073 (+23.4%)	$80,417 → $73,724 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $127,200 (+5.7%)	$123,400 → $112,700 (-8.7%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $1,015 (+37.0%)	—

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

Racine

Population

361451

Median household income

$80,417$73,724

Median home value

$123,400$112,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Racine
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	6.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	16.2%
25 to 34	18.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	38.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	4.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	4.2%
75 and over	6.2%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Racine
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	32.1%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Racine
Drove alone	74.3%	83.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	12.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Racine
1-unit, detached	75.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Racine
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.72	3.99
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1961	1949