Metro area · CBSA 31540
Madison
The Madison, WI metro area has 691,830 people. Median rent is $1,354, 18.3% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Dane County at $1,565. Of the 53 places we track here, Maple Bluff has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$88,804
Median home value
$372,400
Unemployment
2.5%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,565
HUD, Dane County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison | 278,001 | $1,413 | 21.7% |
| Sun Prairie | 37,570 | $1,419 | 18.7% |
| Fitchburg | 32,619 | $1,373 | 19.0% |
| Middleton | 22,301 | $1,437 | 19.3% |
| Waunakee | 15,687 | $1,324 | 12.7% |
| Verona | 15,232 | $1,605 | 16.1% |
| Stoughton | 13,033 | $1,157 | 17.5% |
| Oregon | 11,547 | $1,221 | 14.2% |
| DeForest | 11,501 | $1,442 | 16.3% |
| Monroe | 10,587 | $862 | 14.9% |
| Portage | 10,236 | $1,008 | 18.7% |
| Windsor | 9,452 | $1,375 | 13.7% |
| McFarland | 9,160 | $1,458 | 17.9% |
| Monona | 8,527 | $1,275 | 17.4% |
| Cottage Grove | 8,513 | $1,531 | 13.2% |
| Mount Horeb | 7,736 | $1,240 | 13.8% |
| Edgerton | 6,014 | $961 | 15.9% |
| Columbus | 5,488 | $874 | 13.9% |
| Lake Wisconsin | 5,384 | $1,515 | 14.6% |
| Dodgeville | 5,042 | $999 | 16.6% |
| Cross Plains | 4,107 | $1,433 | 16.4% |
| Marshall | 3,778 | $874 | 12.2% |
| Lodi | 3,204 | $1,248 | 12.7% |
| Brodhead | 3,197 | $680 | 16.5% |
| Poynette | 2,678 | $821 | 10.5% |
| Belleville | 2,579 | $894 | 12.1% |
| Mineral Point | 2,559 | $877 | 13.0% |
| Wisconsin Dells | 2,547 | $971 | 21.3% |
| Deerfield | 2,541 | $1,156 | 15.2% |
| New Glarus | 2,172 | $983 | 11.7% |
| Shorewood Hills | 2,149 | $1,919 | 15.0% |
| Black Earth | 1,736 | $875 | 13.9% |
| Mazomanie | 1,694 | $992 | 13.8% |
| Fall River | 1,678 | $1,190 | 19.8% |
| Pardeeville | 1,672 | $926 | 17.1% |
| Randolph | 1,642 | $764 | 15.7% |
| Cambridge | 1,617 | $1,220 | 16.7% |
| Barneveld | 1,416 | $868 | 9.2% |
| Brooklyn | 1,408 | $1,375 | 15.1% |
| Maple Bluff | 1,329 | $1,438 | 8.7% |
| Monticello | 1,189 | $842 | 13.3% |
| Rio | 1,141 | $799 | 14.1% |
| Dane | 1,067 | $1,317 | 14.6% |
| Albany | 1,063 | $859 | 14.2% |
| Arlington | 946 | $1,272 | 15.5% |
| Arena | 883 | $886 | 15.4% |
| Highland | 867 | $735 | 13.1% |
| Blue Mounds | 795 | $1,057 | 15.1% |
| Cambria | 795 | $736 | 12.7% |
| Blanchardville | 734 | $634 | 11.8% |
| Wyocena | 676 | $967 | 13.9% |
| Ridgeway | 594 | $882 | 12.0% |
| Linden | 553 | $500 | 9.6% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.