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Housing in Madison

A typical Madison home is worth roughly $344,000

Typical home value
$344K
CA $735K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,910
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$672
CA $5,124

What kind of housing town is Madison?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Madison

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You could afford about
$427,000
Typical Madison home $344K

That covers a typical Madison home, with $83K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,860
Loan $1,710Tax $60Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,910 a month here, $50 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Madison’s typical property tax (0.20% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

94% of Madison households own their home

Half of Madison’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

California: 56% own.

1978
typical home built · CA 1976
$672
median property tax bill · CA $5,124
0.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · CA 0.70%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,910

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,450
1 bedroom$1,460
2 bedrooms$1,910
3 bedrooms$2,650
4 bedrooms$2,970
6%
of households rent · CA 44%
15
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Yolo, CA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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