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City in Wisconsin

Madison, WI

Dane County

Capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and seat of Dane County.

Population
285,300 (2024)
Density
3,388 / sq mi
Land area
84.2 sq mi
Water area
21.4 sq mi
Elevation
873 ft
Founded
1836
Coordinates
43.0878, -89.4299

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Photos of Madison

  • First Unitarian Society Meeting House 4745

    QuartierLatin1968 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • First Unitarian Society Meeting House - panoramio

    Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0

  • American Family Children's Hospital - panoramio (1)

    Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0

  • Capitol from University Bay Fields-Far West Fields - panoramio

    Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0

  • University of Wisconsin Hospital - panoramio

    Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0

  • Nielsen Tennis Stadium - panoramio

    Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0

  • Nielsen Tennis Stadium - panoramio (1)

    Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0

  • Miss Wisconsin rising above Nielsen Tennis Stadium - panoramio

    Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0

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Climate

July average high
82°F
January average low
12°F
Annual rainfall
37.1 in
Annual snowfall
51.8 in
  1. 27° 12° Jan 1.5"
  2. 31° 15° Feb 1.5"
  3. 44° 25° Mar 2.3"
  4. 57° 36° Apr 3.8"
  5. 69° 47° May 4.1"
  6. 79° 57° Jun 5.3"
  7. 82° 62° Jul 4.5"
  8. 80° 60° Aug 4.2"
  9. 73° 51° Sep 3.4"
  10. 60° 40° Oct 2.8"
  11. 45° 29° Nov 2.2"
  12. 32° 18° Dec 1.6"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Madison Dane Co Rgnl Ap (9 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Madison ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$76,983
Median rent
$1,364 / mo
Median home value
$346,900
Median age
31.8
Unemployment
2.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
59.2%
Poverty rate
16.2%
Renter-occupied homes
53.4%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
58
Students enrolled
25,242
Students per teacher
12.9 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
45.4%
Charter schools
8.6%
School districts serving the city
5

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Districts: Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin Department Of Health Services, One City Schools Inc., Isthmus Montessori Academy Inc., Milestone Democratic School Inc.

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
34.2%
No leisure-time physical activity
22.3%
Adults with diabetes
8.5%
Adults who smoke
10.8%
Frequent mental distress
15.2%
Sleeping under 7 hours
29.9%
Adults without health insurance
7.5%
Routine checkup in past year
73.8%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
97.3%
Share of city that is parkland
13.3%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
14.6
Median air quality index (county)
41
Unhealthy air days (county)
6

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
91.5%
Households with no internet
3.2%
Average commute
19.4 min
Work from home
18.2%
Commute by transit
5.8%
Commute on foot
8.2%
Commute by bike
3.1%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Dane County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 3 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Cold wave: very high
  • Hail: relatively high
  • Tornado: relatively high
  • Heat wave: relatively moderate

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 53562
  • 53593
  • 53703
  • 53704
  • 53705
  • 53706
  • 53711
  • 53713
  • 53714
  • 53715
  • 53716
  • 53717
  • 53718
  • 53719
  • 53726
  • 53792