Amelia County vs Madison County

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

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

Madison County has the higher population (13,931 vs 13,342 in Amelia County). Madison County has the higher median household income ($82,972 vs $66,339 in Amelia County). Madison County has the higher median home value ($331,400 vs $239,700 in Amelia County).

Population, income & housing

	Amelia County	Madison County
Population	13,342	13,931
Median age	44.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,339	$82,972
Median home value	$239,700	$331,400
Median gross rent	$972	$1,048
Housing units	5,770	6,110
Homeownership rate	81.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amelia County	Madison County
Population	12,953 → 13,342 (+3.0%)	13,170 → 13,931 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$57,946 → $66,339 (+14.5%)	$57,895 → $82,972 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $239,700 (+19.0%)	$257,900 → $331,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $972 (+17.7%)	$687 → $1,048 (+52.5%)

Amelia County

Population

12,95313,342

Median household income

$57,946$66,339

Median home value

$201,400$239,700

Median gross rent

$826$972

Madison County

Population

13,17013,931

Median household income

$57,895$82,972

Median home value

$257,900$331,400

Median gross rent

$687$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amelia County	Madison County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.2%
75 and over	9.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amelia County	Madison County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	84.1%
Black or African American	20.3%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amelia County	Madison County
No high school diploma	14.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	44.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amelia County	Madison County
Drove alone	81.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	13.4%
Other means	2.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amelia County	Madison County
1-unit, detached	78.9%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Amelia County	Madison County
Poverty rate	11.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1992	1980