Madison vs Sylvester

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

Madison and Sylvester 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 192 in Sylvester). Sylvester has the higher median household income ($70,156 vs $57,073 in Madison). Madison has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $79,000 in Sylvester).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Sylvester
Population	2,840	192
Median age	43.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,073	$70,156
Median home value	$127,200	$79,000
Median gross rent	$1,015	—
Housing units	1,319	101
Homeownership rate	69.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Sylvester
Population	2,788 → 2,840 (+1.9%)	240 → 192 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $57,073 (+23.4%)	$45,000 → $70,156 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $127,200 (+5.7%)	$50,000 → $79,000 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $1,015 (+37.0%)	$873 → $940 (+7.7%)

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

Sylvester

Population

240192

Median household income

$45,000$70,156

Median home value

$50,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$873$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Sylvester
Under 5	5.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	19.3%
25 to 34	18.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	17.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Sylvester
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	Sylvester
No high school diploma	9.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	1.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Sylvester
Drove alone	74.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	18.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Sylvester
1-unit, detached	75.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	19.8%
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	Sylvester
Poverty rate	13.9%	1.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	43
Median year structure built	1961	1957