Madison is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,156 people and three associated neighborhoods, Madison is the 301st largest community in North Carolina.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.89% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Madison has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Madison a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Madison is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Madison who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.53% of the adults in Madison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Madison in 2022 was $29,806, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,224 for a family of four. However, Madison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Madison is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Madison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Madison residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Madison include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Madison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.