Madison CenterCT
In Connecticut, this town has 1,981 residents.
Is Madison Center a good place to live?
36% of residents are 65 or older in Madison Center, above both Connecticut’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%). Of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a higher age of the median resident than Madison Center. We don’t grade Madison Center yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes Madison Center stand out
Where Madison Center beats most towns.
Madison Center lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 22% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Yale Bowl and 82 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Madison Center. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
13 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
30 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
30 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
34 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
33 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumPhoto credits
Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Madison Center: who provides what
Madison Center is unincorporated, so New Haven County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Madison Center.
With 2.1 jobs for every working resident, Madison Center draws in 1,679 commuters
Most working residents leave Madison Center for work: only 7% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 268, to 1,734. Its typical household income is $178,000. For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away.
| Madison Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $178,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.6% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Madison Center, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 21°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Madison Center has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
48% of Madison Center’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 24%. Compared with 67% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer of Madison Center’s adults report frequent mental distress than in the typical Connecticut or U.S. town
Among adults in Madison Center, 9.1% have diabetes. No town among the 155 in Connecticut we compare has a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Madison Center. 5.7% of adults in Madison Center smoke cigarettes; 28% sleep under 7 hours. Only 2 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Madison Center.
| Madison Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.7% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 86% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Madison Center | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.3% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.4% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.8% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Madison Center, 7.9% of the land is conserved
Madison Center’s trail density stands at 1.4 miles per square mile. In 7 parks and preserves, walkers have 2.7 miles of trail.
| Madison Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.9% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fence Creek Meadow | — | 12 |
| 2. Tuxis Pond-A | 0.1 mi | 8 |
| 3. Tuxis-Gull Rock | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Madison Center sells for about $1.4M at the median
The share of households in Madison Center who are owner-occupiers: 61%. On the market here: a median 33 days to sell.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Madison Center
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Madison Center; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Madison Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
Every workday, about 1,679 people come to Madison Center for work
Where Madison Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Center’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Madison Center.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Madison | #9 | A | D | A+ | A | A+ |
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Questions about Madison Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Madison Center, CT a good place to live?
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