IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Madison, NY
Madison is a tiny town of 403 people in Madison County, New York. It's about 20 miles from Utica, NY and 108 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 83 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $108k and rent runs about $935 a month.
403people
$108kTypical home
$935/moRent
79° / 29°Summer / winter
83"Snow
184Sunny days
Is Madison right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Tiny town of 403
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 845 people per sq mi
- 108 mi to Rochester, NY
- 20 mi to Utica, NY
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $108k (≈$680/mo)
- Median rent $935/mo
- Median household income $54k
- Property tax about 2.8% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 184 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 181 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 83" of snow a year
- 26 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 37 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (77 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (625 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 28
- 35% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to SYR airport
- 33 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 20 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1944
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,204 ft
- 136 mi to the ocean
- 24 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 42 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 222 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 40 bars within 25 mi
- 69 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 22 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 6% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 108 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Madison County: R+13 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.