Dixie County vs Madison County

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

Dixie County and Madison County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Madison County has the higher population (18,113 vs 16,952 in Dixie County). Madison County has the higher median household income ($48,176 vs $47,655 in Dixie County). Madison County has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $96,900 in Dixie County).

Population, income & housing

	Dixie County	Madison County
Population	16,952	18,113
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,655	$48,176
Median home value	$96,900	$105,900
Median gross rent	$792	$819
Housing units	9,365	8,392
Homeownership rate	83.8%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixie County	Madison County
Population	16,589 → 16,952 (+2.2%)	18,460 → 18,113 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$39,828 → $47,655 (+19.7%)	$37,037 → $48,176 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $96,900 (+23.4%)	$89,100 → $105,900 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $792 (+25.5%)	$689 → $819 (+18.9%)

Dixie County

Population

16,58916,952

Median household income

$39,828$47,655

Median home value

$78,500$96,900

Median gross rent

$631$792

Madison County

Population

18,46018,113

Median household income

$37,037$48,176

Median home value

$89,100$105,900

Median gross rent

$689$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixie County	Madison County
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.9%
75 and over	9.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixie County	Madison County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	53.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	35.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixie County	Madison County
No high school diploma	17.7%	19.4%
High school graduate	49.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixie County	Madison County
Drove alone	74.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	14.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixie County	Madison County
1-unit, detached	43.3%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	35.1%

Poverty & households

	Dixie County	Madison County
Poverty rate	19.3%	20.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1988	1987