Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Madison Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for history and schools. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Madison Township, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (7.6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). 19% of the land in Madison Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 226, at 4,007 acres. On the outdoors, just 149 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Madison Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Madison Township beats most towns.
Where Madison Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Madison Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 4 maps from 1935 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Madison Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Madison Township.
Only 2% of working residents stay in Madison Township for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are Mahoning Township (11%), Millville (8%) and Bloomsburg (7%). 16% of Madison Township workers do their job from home. For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away.
| Madison Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
There are 0.3 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 226 | 0.3 mi | 4,007 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In July, afternoons reach 83°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For residents in Madison Township, the share who are 65 or older is 23%. Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). 26% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 35% across Pennsylvania. Its midpoint age stands at 45 years.
| Madison Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 45 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 29% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Madison Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 11.7% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Madison Township, 18% of adults report frequent mental distress. Among adults locally, 31% have high blood pressure and 25% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Madison Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Madison Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.1% | 5.8% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18.3% | 16.4% |
| Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked | 81.5% | 85.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA puts nearly four fifths of Madison Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Madison Township
About 1 of every 100 Madison Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Madison Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,566 at the 2020 census.
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10 towns share a border with Madison Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B |
| Greenwood Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Hemlock Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Mount Pleasant Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B |
| Millville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Derry Township | — | — | B | — | A | A− |
| Eyers Grove | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pine Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
Madison Township, Greenwood Township, Hemlock Township, Mount Pleasant Township, Derry Township and Pine Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Madison Township, Greenwood Township, Hemlock Township, Mount Pleasant Township, Derry Township and Pine Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Millville and Eyers Grove aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Madison Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.