Rankings · How Madison ranks in IL
Madison makes Illinois’s top 10 on 2 lists
Madison is ranked on 34 lists against the 820 Illinois towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 4.
Lists ranked on
34
of IL’s 820 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
2
Best: #4 most affordable
Top-quarter finishes
4
of 21 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Cost of living
Top 2% on average
★ What stands out · What kind of place
Hotter summers than 97% of Illinois
Not better or worse, just Madison’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Hotter summers than 97% of IL towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
88.6° July high
More year-round than 96% of IL towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0% of homes are seasonal
Milder winters than 90% of IL towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
23.2° January low
Less snow than 89% of IL towns
Less snowMore snow
11 in of snow a year
Longer growing season than 88% of IL towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
200 days between frosts
Fewer kids than 84% of IL towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
18.7% of residents are under 18
Fewer seniors than 82% of IL towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
14% of residents are 65+
Wetter than 81% of IL towns
DrierWetter
42 in of rain + melted snow a year
Older than 78% of IL towns
YoungerOlder
44.3 median age
Where it shines
The lists Madison does best on
Each list ranks every IL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Madison marked.
At a glance
Madison lands in the top half on 7 of 21 lists
Each dot is Madison’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IL, the right end is last. Areas where Madison does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
Getting aroundWork & commute →
Shortest commute#109/820 HealthHealth →
Lowest depression#206/819Closest to a top hospital#404/820Fewest uninsured#655/819Fewest smokers#791/819Most active#797/819Healthiest#810/817Lowest obesity#818/819 HousingHousing →
Most new homes#426/431 People
Most educated#813/820 Almost there
1 spot from the top 3 for affordability
Lists where Madison sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Next door
Madison out-ranks 0 of its 5 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.