North MadisonOH
A town of 8,594.
Is North Madison a good place to live?
North Madison's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C, 808th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. Its weakest subject is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 80% of the country. North Madison’s July high is 80°F, against 84°F in Ohio’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Bill Stanton Community Park, at 29 acres.
What makes North Madison stand out
Where North Madison beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave North Madison for work
Where North Madison’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How North Madison grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far North Madison is from typical.
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Moving to North Madison: who provides what
North Madison is unincorporated, so Lake 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 Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in North Madison.
North Madison gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Mentor and beyond.
North Madison faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Madison.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
North Madison earns a C− for health
19% of adults smoke cigarettes in North Madison. North Madison beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in North Madison.
| North Madison | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | North Madison | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 8% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 15.9% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of North Madison
North Madison has 487 jobs for its 3,919 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave North Madison for work: only 2% work in town. North Madison’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Jobs based in North Madison grew to 487 in 2023, 30 more than in 2013.
| North Madison | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
North Madison has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Chardon weather station, 18 miles away, records that 114 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
North Madison has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 80° and January nights drop to 22°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bill Stanton Community Park | — | 29 |
| 2. Madison Township Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
| 3. Tuttle Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in North Madison sells for about $167K at the median
At 2.2 years of the Cleveland metro’s $71K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 88% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living.
81% of North Madison households own their home.
| North Madison | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,155 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Madison. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw29 mi LakeLake Erie
40 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
37 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a year
37 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
36 mi LandmarkJames A. Garfield MemorialPhoto credits
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Erie: NOAA, Public domain · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Cleveland Museum of Art: zenbikescience, CC BY 2.0 · SeaWorld Ohio: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0 · James A. Garfield Memorial: zzzuucx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about North Madison
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of North Madison
About 4 of every 100 North Madison residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About North Madison
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
North Madison is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the unincorporated communities of Redbird and Madison-on-the-Lake in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,188 at the 2020 census. The area uses a mailing address of "Madison", with the ZIP Code 44057.
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- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 676 ft
North Madison’s neighbors
One town shares a border with North Madison.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Madison | #808 | C | B− | — | B− | C− |
| North Perry | — | — | — | — | — | — |
North Madison reports no FBI crime data of its own. North Perry isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Madison with a neighbor →
Questions about North Madison
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is North Madison, OH a good place to live?
North Madison grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #808 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is North Madison, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $157,000, 36% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.