City · Madison County, Texas

Madisonville, Texas

Madisonville is a city in Madison County, Texas. It has 4,552 residents. Madisonville, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,432 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #802 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), home price to income ratio (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), mental health providers (low) and traffic deaths (high).

8Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,432 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #802 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 4,552 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,089.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4845996

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety46#8,465/15,637
Economy29#11,105/15,631
Housing39#9,182/14,977
Health11#13,913/15,609
Healthcare2#15,328/15,650
Environment34#10,262/15,453
Education21#12,332/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,348/15,650
Community6#14,783/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,617/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Madisonville, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Madison County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high31.6 /10k
99/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMadison County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
94/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Time spent in the emergency room · low108 min
93/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMadison County value
Job growth · high2.8%
93/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMadison County value
Property crime rate · low459 /100k
91/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMadison County value
Comfortable days · high31.1%
83/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMadison County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low24.1%
1/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMadison County value
Mental health providers · low29 /100k
2/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMadison County value
Traffic deaths · high43.8 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataMadison County value
Mammography screening · low31.0%
3/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMadison County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
4/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMadison County value
Dentists · low22 /100k
5/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMadison County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.6% (2015-2019) → 88.3% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.0% (2015-2019) → 55.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.3 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High school diploma or higherImproving
68.3% (2015-2019) → 79.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.7% (2015-2019) → 32.1% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
13.1% (2015-2019) → 22.5% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Madisonville, Texas improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Broadband+24 points64.6% → 88.3%
Inequality−0.0990.468 → 0.369
Bachelor's++9.4 points13.1% → 22.5%
Household income+33%$50,519 → $67,175

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Madisonville, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.7 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	33%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	64.6%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	94%
Child poverty rate	14.2%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Effective property tax rate	1.48%2015-2019	1.66%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	68.3%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4682015-2019	0.3692020-2024	−0.099	Improved	95%
Median household income	$50,5192015-2019	$67,1752020-2024	+33%	Improved	61%
Poverty rate	12.5%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.1%2015-2019	14.4%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Madisonville, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Madisonville, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Madisonville, Texas itself moved +11.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,552 residents (±18)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,670 households (±584)

Madisonville, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k16%†274
$25k–50k18%†304
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,670 households (±584)

Madisonville, Texas
Texas share

Own70%1,164
Rent30%†506

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,184 workers (±355)

Madisonville, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone78%1,706
Carpool7.1%†155
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Madison County, the county holding most of Madisonville's residents.

Madison County has 283 employer establishments, 206 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Texas's), with 2,674 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,975. The Census Bureau also counts 1,255 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 283; 1,255 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 206; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 2,674
Average annual pay: $39,975; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Madison County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	35	25.5	1.39×More than typical	541	$18,664	10
Limited-service restaurants	19	13.8	1.72×More than typical	382	$17,691	—
Specialty trade contractors	15	10.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	93	$46,183	124
Full-service restaurants	11	8	1.04×About typical	146	$21,856	8
Lessors of real estate	11	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	34	$19,147	66
Ambulatory health care services	10	7.3	0.35×Fewer than typical	75	$64,067	48
Legal services	10	7.3	1.35×More than typical	23	$53,000	5
Religious organizations	10	7.3	1.31×More than typical	49	$18,878	—
Construction of buildings	9	6.5	0.87×Too few to compare	33	$38,818	63
Gasoline stations	8	5.8	1.79×Too few to compare	339	$48,608	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	8	5.8	0.87×Too few to compare	12	$50,667	40
Building equipment contractors	7	5.1	0.85×Too few to compare	42	$36,024	25

Rank places for an industry Open Madison County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,752 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Madisonville, Texas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2018
209.1FY2019
23.1FY2021
-23.1FY2022
3.1KFY2023
0FY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Madisonville, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Madisonville is mostly in Madison County.

See federal money in Madison County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Madisonville, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael T. McCaulR-TX-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 14.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Madison County15100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Madison County

Largest first.

Midway257

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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