How Madison is run
Madison spent $721,000 in the year to May 31, 2022, about $2,548 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Madison is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $1,893 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.76% of the home’s value, vs 1.55% across New York.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Madison’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Madison Central School District
Madison’s K–12 school district, shared with Augusta, Madison. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $26,876 per pupil, $18,466 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
New York districts overall: 51% local, 41% state, 8% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Madison
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Madison yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $2,548 per resident a year, or $6.98 a day
The biggest line: health & welfare, at 49% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Madison didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Madison.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2New York HouseState representatives
- 3New York SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of New York
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Madison’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Madison is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Madison, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.