A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Brodnax$1,010/mo

Typical home $150K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $1,223/mo · Housing →

Madison$2,290/mo

Typical home $398K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.61% · or rent about $990/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,280 a month, about $15,300 a year, between Madison and Brodnax.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BrodnaxMadison

Snow a year3″16″

January low27°F 25°F

July high88°F 87°F

Growing season (days)200d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)56th 32nd

Outdoors & history

BrodnaxMadison

National Register places—3

Archive photos3 12

Famous people born here—6

Community

BrodnaxMadison

Library hours a week—45 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

116 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrodnaxVA MadisonVA

Brodnax ↔ Madison116 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Virginia average

BrodnaxMadison

People

Population 414Highest 273Lowest

Median age 34.5±8.1Lowest 12% below VA 39.8±9.5Highest about the VA average

Madison and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 14.3%±4.7Lowest VA: 21.7% 24.2%±13.8Highest VA: 21.7%

Madison and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 7%±6.8Lowest VA: 16.7% 17.9%±9.9Highest VA: 16.7%

Madison and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.2%Lowest VA: 42.2% 15.1%Highest VA: 42.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.7%±12.5Highest VA: 6.9% 0.4%±5.1Lowest VA: 6.9%

Brodnax and Madison are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $82,396±$65kHighest 12% below VA $65,625±$39kLowest 30% below VA

Brodnax and Madison are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $127,500±$56kLowest 67% below VA $334,400±$68kHighest 13% below VA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,223±$654Highest 23% below VA $990±$248Lowest 37% below VA

Brodnax and Madison are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly — $2,050 27% below VA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 13.5%±17Lowest VA: 48.5% 48.8%±76.6Highest VA: 48.5%

Madison and Brodnax are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 2.4%Lowest VA: 9.9% 13.2%Highest VA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 46.4%Highest VA: 67.3% 45.8%Lowest VA: 67.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Highest 15 yrs older than VA 1946Lowest 38 yrs older than VA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 29% below VA 33 minHighest 20% above VA

Work from home 4.3%±4.7Highest VA: 18.3% 4%±5Lowest VA: 18.3%

Brodnax and Madison are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.3%Lowest 5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 30.8 miHighest 24.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Lowest 3.85Highest

Top workplaceoutside town South Hill (11%)Charlottesville (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MadisonFew work in Brodnax

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 41.0Lowest 76.6Highest

Virginia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Brodnax vs Madison

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,280 more a month in Madison

What daily life feels like in each

116 miles apart

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