West Virginia · Census place 5450524
Madison, West Virginia
Madison is a city in Boone County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,719 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 46th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,719
- #46 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -6.1%
- -178 people
- Land area
- 7.6 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 356 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Madison population, 2020 to 2024
Madison lost 178 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.1%. In the latest year it moved by -19.
Madison covers 7.64 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 356 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Madison is less dense than the typical town.
What county Madison is in
All of Madison's residents live in Boone County, which had 20,496 residents in 2024. Madison holds 13.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Madison
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Madison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25053, 25130. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Madison is
The Census internal point of Madison is at 38.065100, -81.802200. Charleston, the capital, is 21.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Charleston, WV (13,177 people), 19.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 144.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.065100, -81.802200
- DMS
- 38°03'54.36"N 81°48'7.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 429630.7E 4213341.8N
- Geohash
- dnvbd993q
- Plus code
- 86CW358X+24
Daylight in Madison
At 38.07° N, Madison gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 18 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 West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Marmet, 17.5 miles away, with 1,423 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Madison, WV?
2,719 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 178 (6.1%) from 2,897 in July 2020.
What county is Madison in?
Boone County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Madison?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 25053, 25130.
How far is Madison from Charleston?
21.4 miles (34.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Madison.
What is the nearest larger city to Madison?
South Charleston, WV, with 13,177 residents, 19.7 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.