North Carolina · Census place 3740560
Madison, North Carolina
Madison is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,176 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 252nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,176
- #252 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +2.1%
- +45 people
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 615 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Madison population, 2020 to 2024
Madison added 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +16.
Madison covers 3.54 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 615 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Madison is less dense than the typical town.
What county Madison is in
All of Madison's residents live in Rockingham County, which had 93,517 residents in 2024. Madison holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Madison
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Madison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27025. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Madison is
The Census internal point of Madison is at 36.394000, -79.976000. Raleigh, the capital, is 85.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mayodan, NC (2,478 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 22.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.394000, -79.976000
- DMS
- 36°23'38.40"N 79°58'33.60"W
- UTM
- 17N 591830.9E 4028137.2N
- Geohash
- dnrph1762
- Plus code
- 878292VF+JJ
Daylight in Madison
At 36.39° N, Madison gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Madison
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Mayodan, 2.0 miles away, with 2,478 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Madison, NC?
2,176 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 45 (2.1%) from 2,131 in July 2020.
What county is Madison in?
Rockingham County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Madison?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27025.
How far is Madison from Raleigh?
85.9 miles (138.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Madison.
What is the nearest larger city to Madison?
Mayodan, NC, with 2,478 residents, 2.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.