Madison County, Kentucky

Madison County has a population of 95,769 and has grown 9.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $232,000, about 3.7 times the county's median household income of $63,351.

Home price
$232,000
Income
$63,351
Population
95,769
Unemployment
5.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$232,000county
Median gross rent$889county
Median year homes here were built1993county
Share of homes built before 198030.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented38.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,156county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$904county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$785county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,257county
Home insurance / yr$4,042(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$63,351county
Family health premium / yr$23,584(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,756(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.573(statewide)
Poverty rate15.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.6%county
Unemployment rate5.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.2%county
Share of workers employed by government18.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.2%county
Economic output per resident$46,322county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.73%county
Top state income tax3.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service29 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport776297county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station71 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.9%county
Traffic deaths15.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher34.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.2%county
Public schools in the county23county
Public school enrollment12103county
Students per full-time teacher16.0county
Free lunch eligible54.6%county
Elementary schools12county
Middle schools6county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians48county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.6%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population95,769county
Land area in square miles438county
People per square mile of land219.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores6county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store20.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract9.3%county
Population change since 2020+9.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age34.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.8%county
Share of households that are one person28.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.4%county
Second languages3.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls37.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents142county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents18county
Households that moved in3,186county
Households that moved away2,509county
Average income of arriving households$51,351county
Average income of departing households$50,441county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes20county
Housing units authorised in the latest year813county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings41.8%county
Violent crime rate213(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature56.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation63.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.11 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F28 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing89 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days213 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 31county
Average first fall frostOct 31county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$141county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh12.8¢county
Household electricity use1,096 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity80.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas14.7%county
Homes heated by propane2.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.4%county
Homes heated by wood1.3%county
Households with broadband88.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk76.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk20.7county
Landslide risk48.4county
Hail risk82.7county
Earthquake risk76.8county
Tornado risk85.3county
Tropical cyclone risk50.6county
Extreme heat risk61.1county
Winter weather risk85.9county
Strong wind risk88.6county
Wildfire risk52.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Madison County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Kentucky figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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