Tired of your hometown and want to find a great town in the Southern US that's consistently voted the top city in our State? Well, let's dive into why Madison is the BEST! Once you're done reading this, no doubt you'll want to find your own Madison MS Home to buy!
Madison is consistently given an A+ rating on niche.com for things like Safety, Schools, Home Prices, etc. The median household income for Madison is $123,600, which is substantially higher than the national average.
As a native Mississippian and someone that's live in Madison for well over 20 years, it's easy to see why Madison is the best city in the state! The thing I love and have learned to appreciate about Mississippi and especially Madison is the slower, more peaceful pace of life. As a town of about 30,000 people, there’s almost never any traffic, the weather is mostly warm and and the town is clean!!! Madison has several neighborhoods with lakes, like Lake Caroline, where you can live in this lake community starting at around $350k which gets you a nice brick home, 3 bed, 2 bath and fairly new construction.
There are lots of higher end neighborhood also, like Reunion, which is situated on a gorgeous 18 hole golf course where home prices typically start around $600,00 up to around $1,500,000. Most of the homes in Madison are in covenant protected communities, which also helps keep the home values from falling. Nothing worse than having your next door neighbor decide they want to paint their home an atrocious color or start a graveyard for dead cars out front!
Madison is a short 20 minute drive to Jackson, MS, so if you work in the city at one of the many hospitals or in the downtown part of Jackson, the commute to Madison is a no brainer! Many is a quiet bedroom community, and mostly residential. There are lots of parks to stroll, walking trails, and bike trails around the Rez. Madison's neighbor to the south, is the small city of Ridgeland that has some great restaurants and shopping. There's a Costco, Apple Store, Barnes and Noble, Orvis, Anthropologie just to name a few!
Let's talk a little more about why some people moving from out of state find it difficult AT FIRST to find a Madison MS home for sale...well part of that reason is because they start of looking for rentals. Well, you won't find ANY apartments in the city of Madison. The Mayor forbids it and that won't likely change. In fact, it's even difficult to find a home to rent. The rate of home ownership is 95%, and that's something that is significantly higher than the national average. The city is not friendly to big investors buying homes here just to rent. In fact, many neighborhood HOA have changed their covenants in the past few years to forbid rentals. So, this can be a bit of a deterrent when looking to move here, but no fear...you can easily find a smaller home to purchase that will hold its value for years to come. The home prices in Madison have consistently risen year over year, even when some parts of the country have seen a bubble burst, but not here!
Like much of the nation, Madison is currently experiencing and inventory shortage and there are only 191 homes for sale as I write this post. Here's a LINK to all active Madison listings, and this is updated every 15 minutes. So, if you're looking for a Madison MS Home for sale, check back often!
One thing I’d also like to mention for those of you that don’t know much about Madison…over the last 10 or so years, as the east side of town ran out of land, new construction has pushed to the west side of the Interstate. What was once lacking in shopping and restaurants has really started to pick up some great spots.There’s a high end Mexican restaurant, coffee/donut shop, Asian , Mediterranean and even a new restaurant called the Twisted Turnip, which I ate at today.It’s only been opened for a couple of weeks, and it was super tasty.There’s also a new grocery store called Sullivans…and new shops being added every month it seems like.This new area is only about 4 miles from Lake Caroline, so no more having to drive to Jackson or Ridgeland for good food!
If you’re thinking of moving to Mississippi, be sure and check out our website www.taylorgroupms.com, it has all MLS listings in Central MS and is updated every 10 minutes. Whether you're buying or selling, our team is here to help every step of the way. Contact us today to get started.
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