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Madison County, NC

People
Population21,867B01003
Population, 2020 census21,193P1
Median age44.5B01002
Under 1817.3%B01001
65 and over23.2%B01001
Households8,342B11001
Foreign born1.3%B05002
Money
Median household income$58,531B19013
Median family income$81,184B19113
Per capita income$35,126B19301
Poverty rate12.1%B17001
Unemployment rate3.1%B23025
Civilian labor force10,403B23025
Mean commute (minutes)32.7B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher32.2%B15003
Housing
Housing units11,356B25001
Owner-occupied77.5%B25003
Renters22.5%B25003
Median home value$284,600B25077
Median gross rent$780B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic91.2%B03002
Black1.1%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.6%B03002
Asian0.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 81% of North Carolina's ($72,388); poverty 12.1% against 13.0%; 0.2% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 101: 2,425Census Tract 102: 2,270Census Tract 104: 1,962Census Tract 105: 4,274Census Tract 106.01: 2,777Census Tract 106.02: 4,478Census Tract 107: 3,681Mars HillMarshallHot SpringsZIP 28753: 124 nonprofits, $174,202,684ZIP 28754: 85 nonprofits, $70,421,762ZIP 28743: 31 nonprofits, $3,920,792Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,2702,270 to 2,4252,425 to 3,6813,681 to 4,274over 4,274nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Madison County, NC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits240$248,545,238 revenue (latest return)FRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION ($134,997,169)
Nonprofit contractors22$8,533,754 paid by nonprofitsCORNERSTONE ELECTRICAL SERVICES ($2,176,431)
Colleges and schools11,049 enrollmentMars Hill University (1,049)
Form D issuers4$27,482,195 amount soldAmmortal Inc. ($24,999,989)
Political committees1CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR LAMAR GUDGER
Form 5500 plan sponsors1934 plansASHEVILLE KOMBUCHA MAMAS LLC (7)
Open Payments recipients39$16,138 industry paymentsSPENCER G. MANEY ($3,510)
Patent and trademark owners5094 patents and marksAsheville Kombucha Mamas, LLC (7)
Federal award recipients711$181,407,592 federal awardsMARS HILL UNIVERSITY ($81,219,906)
State business registrations64G.S. OBLER, INC.

Cross-reference: 240 nonprofits for 21,867 residents is 109.8 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $248,545,238 is $11,366 per resident, 50.9% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1JEFFERY LOVENGENERAL MANAFRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION$484,95220258.3x
2TRACY EVANSDISTRICT MANFRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION$414,16020257.1x
3GREGORY FOWLERDISTRICT MANFRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION$410,80620257.0x
4FRIELDEN JONESMEDICAL DIRECTORHOT SPRINGS HEALTH PROGRAM INC$327,93120245.6x
5PHYLLIS HOLTOFFICE MANAGFRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION$324,73120255.5x
6ANDREW SHELTONDOCTORHOT SPRINGS HEALTH PROGRAM INC$317,61720245.4x
7TONY FLOYDPRESIDENTMARS HILL UNIVERSITY$302,61020245.2x
8DONALD R WEBBENG. & OPR.FRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION$288,77020254.9x
9Ellen AglerExecutive DirectorLIGHTEN EDUCATION NETWORK US$256,46820244.4x
10CURRY JONESDOCTORHOT SPRINGS HEALTH PROGRAM INC$250,90720244.3x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $58,531.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 7 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 106.024,478$75,85511.6%44.6
Census Tract 1054,274$59,67711.8%39.5
Census Tract 1073,681$60,60310.9%44.4
Census Tract 106.012,777$60,69415.8%41.7
Census Tract 1012,425$37,6449.5%47.8
Census Tract 1022,270$55,00012.4%47.8
Census Tract 1041,962$47,63914.4%49.9

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0