Fulton County vs Madison County

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

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

Madison County has the higher population (44,126 vs 42,434 in Fulton County). Madison County has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $72,866 in Fulton County). Madison County has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $176,000 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Madison County
Population	42,434	44,126
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,866	$83,229
Median home value	$176,000	$231,400
Median gross rent	$832	$944
Housing units	17,708	16,361
Homeownership rate	81.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Madison County
Population	42,253 → 42,434 (+0.4%)	44,135 → 44,126 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$63,092 → $72,866 (+15.5%)	$68,022 → $83,229 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $176,000 (+27.4%)	$166,500 → $231,400 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $832 (+14.1%)	$858 → $944 (+10.0%)

Fulton County

Population

42,25342,434

Median household income

$63,092$72,866

Median home value

$138,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$729$832

Madison County

Population

44,13544,126

Median household income

$68,022$83,229

Median home value

$166,500$231,400

Median gross rent

$858$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Madison County
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.6%
75 and over	7.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Madison County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Madison County
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	42.3%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Madison County
Drove alone	88.9%	77.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	12.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Madison County
1-unit, detached	82.1%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Madison County
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1970	1975