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%

Madison$2,290/mo

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

Brodnax$1,010/mo

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

MadisonBrodnax

Snow a year16″3″

January low25°F 27°F

July high87°F 88°F

Growing season (days)204d 200d

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

Outdoors & history

MadisonBrodnax

National Register places3 —

Archive photos12 3

Famous people born here6 —

Community

MadisonBrodnax

Library hours a week45 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.

MadisonVA BrodnaxVA

Madison ↔ Brodnax116 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

MadisonBrodnax

People

Population 273Lowest 414Highest

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

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

Kids under 18 24.2%±13.8Highest VA: 21.7% 14.3%±4.7Lowest 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+ 17.9%±9.9Highest VA: 16.7% 7%±6.8Lowest 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+ 15.1%Highest VA: 42.2% 8.2%Lowest VA: 42.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±5.1Lowest VA: 6.9% 8.7%±12.5Highest 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 $65,625±$39kLowest 30% below VA $82,396±$65kHighest 12% 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 $334,400±$68kHighest 13% below VA $127,500±$56kLowest 67% below VA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $990±$248Lowest 37% below VA $1,223±$654Highest 23% 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 48.8%±76.6Highest VA: 48.5% 13.5%±17Lowest 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 13.2%Highest VA: 9.9% 2.4%Lowest VA: 9.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 4%±5Lowest VA: 18.3% 4.3%±4.7Highest 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 5%Highest 2.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miLowest 30.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrodnaxFew work in Madison

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

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

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.

Madison vs Brodnax

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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