Delaware County vs Madison County

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

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

Madison County has the higher population (130,949 vs 112,109 in Delaware County). Madison County has the higher median household income ($62,632 vs $56,932 in Delaware County). Madison County has the higher median home value ($147,700 vs $127,600 in Delaware County).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware County	Madison County
Population	112,109	130,949
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,932	$62,632
Median home value	$127,600	$147,700
Median gross rent	$874	$926
Housing units	51,611	59,075
Homeownership rate	66.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware County	Madison County
Population	115,020 → 112,109 (-2.5%)	129,455 → 130,949 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$43,512 → $56,932 (+30.8%)	$49,522 → $62,632 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $127,600 (+36.3%)	$97,300 → $147,700 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $874 (+20.2%)	$774 → $926 (+19.6%)

Delaware County

Population

115,020112,109

Median household income

$43,512$56,932

Median home value

$93,600$127,600

Median gross rent

$727$874

Madison County

Population

129,455130,949

Median household income

$49,522$62,632

Median home value

$97,300$147,700

Median gross rent

$774$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware County	Madison County
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	19.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware County	Madison County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	82.6%
Black or African American	5.3%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware County	Madison County
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware County	Madison County
Drove alone	77.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	3.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware County	Madison County
1-unit, detached	73.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Delaware County	Madison County
Poverty rate	19.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1966	1965