The Map
- Before 1920
- 1920–1939
- 1940–1959
- 1960–1979
- 1980–1999
- 2000 or later
- Too few homes
Houses are single-family, two-unit and three-unit parcels. Shapes are the City's neighborhood association boundaries; areas outside any association are blank. Source: City of Madison assessor parcel data and neighborhood association boundaries, pulled 2026-10-10.
What We Found
- The median Madison house was built in 1964. 63.3% were built before 1978 and 19.9% before 1940; 19.3% were built in 2000 or later.(City of Madison)
- The 1950s built the most. 8,786 of today's houses date from the 1950s, more than any other decade.
- The oldest neighborhoods (100 or more houses) are Capitol Neighborhoods (1899), Tenney-Lapham (1910), Marquette (1915), Greenbush (1916), Vilas (1920).
- The newest are High Crossing Neighborhood Association (2022), Cardinal Glenn (2021), Elderberry (2019), Birchwood-Oaks (2019), North Star (2014).
- Two- and three-unit houses are much older than single-family homes. Median year built: 1965 for single-family, 1941 for two-unit and 1912 for three-unit buildings. 48.8% of two-unit houses predate 1940.
- Condos are newer. The median condominium unit was built in 1995. We left condos out of the map because each unit is its own parcel.
Houses by Decade
Madison houses standing today, by the decade the City records as built.
Every Neighborhood
107 neighborhood associations with at least 25 houses. Tap a heading to sort. Names link to the City's neighborhood profile.
Download the data (CSV) · 107 rows · checked 2026-10-10
| Neighborhood | Houses | Median year | Oldest | Before 1940 | Before 1978 | 2000 or later |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Neighborhoods | 448 | 1899 | 1842 | 96.2% | 97.3% | 0.2% |
| Tenney-Lapham | 897 | 1910 | 1837 | 90.4% | 97.1% | 0.8% |
| Campus Area | 44 | 1910 | 1851 | 93.2% | 95.5% | 2.3% |
| Marquette | 1,170 | 1915 | 1840 | 94.4% | 99.4% | 0.6% |
| Greenbush | 620 | 1916 | 1846 | 88.4% | 96.8% | 2.3% |
| Vilas | 497 | 1920 | 1879 | 92.6% | 98.2% | 1.6% |
| Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara | 1,955 | 1924 | 1864 | 83.9% | 98.8% | 0.7% |
| Regent | 1,348 | 1925 | 1850 | 90.4% | 98.7% | 0.6% |
| Emerson East | 756 | 1925 | 1860 | 87.3% | 99.3% | 0.5% |
| Monona Bay | 112 | 1925 | 1869 | 80.4% | 93.8% | 4.5% |
| Dudgeon-Monroe | 1,032 | 1927 | 1872 | 78.2% | 98.4% | 1.2% |
| Bay Creek | 706 | 1931 | 1864 | 60.5% | 98.2% | 1.1% |
| Nakoma League | 710 | 1938 | 1854 | 57.2% | 98.7% | 0.7% |
| Crawford-Marlborough-Nakoma | 946 | 1940 | 1854 | 46.6% | 98.8% | 0.7% |
| Worthington Park | 69 | 1942 | 1900 | 47.8% | 100% | 0% |
| Eken Park | 811 | 1943 | 1885 | 39.3% | 97.2% | 1% |
| Sunset Village Community | 865 | 1947 | 1878 | 8.9% | 98.3% | 1% |
| Sheridan Triangle | 174 | 1947 | 1870 | 26.4% | 97.1% | 2.3% |
| Sherman | 969 | 1950 | 1852 | 23.9% | 97.2% | 1.5% |
| Westmorland | 885 | 1950 | 1860 | 10.3% | 96.8% | 1% |
| Crestwood | 176 | 1950 | 1935 | 9.7% | 97.7% | 1.7% |
| Lake Edge | 1,047 | 1951 | 1860 | 22.4% | 95.9% | 1.8% |
| VanChaMasShe | 80 | 1951 | 1875 | 8.8% | 95% | 3.8% |
| Eastmorland Community | 1,508 | 1953 | 1849 | 6.2% | 96.8% | 3.1% |
| Hawthorne | 351 | 1953 | 1910 | 19.9% | 97.4% | 0.6% |
| Carpenter-Ridgeway | 212 | 1953 | 1897 | 25.9% | 77.4% | 3.8% |
| Glen Oak Hills | 383 | 1954 | 1900 | 21.1% | 93.7% | 2.6% |
| Burr Oaks | 237 | 1954 | 1900 | 17.7% | 93.2% | 2.5% |
| Spring Harbor | 722 | 1955 | 1842 | 10.4% | 81.7% | 7.6% |
| Allied Dunn's Marsh | 304 | 1955 | 1900 | 3.9% | 87.8% | 8.9% |
| Dunn's Marsh | 304 | 1955 | 1900 | 3.9% | 87.8% | 8.9% |
| Bram's Addition | 154 | 1955 | 1900 | 16.9% | 87.7% | 1.3% |
| Nobel Park Neighborhood Association | 148 | 1955 | 1860 | 2.7% | 100% | 0% |
| Mayfair Park | 145 | 1956 | 1915 | 12.4% | 98.6% | 0.7% |
| Glendale | 716 | 1957 | 1901 | 0.7% | 95.5% | 0.7% |
| Lake View Hill | 375 | 1957 | 1936 | 1.9% | 94.4% | 0.8% |
| Summit Woods | 197 | 1957 | 1906 | 3% | 94.4% | 1.5% |
| Midvale Heights Community | 1,390 | 1958 | 1850 | 1.4% | 99.3% | 0.4% |
| Berkley Oaks | 202 | 1958 | 1949 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Mendota Hills | 151 | 1959 | 1870 | 5.3% | 90.7% | 0.7% |
| Norman Acres Neighborhood Association | 44 | 1959 | 1955 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Hill Farms, University | 944 | 1960 | 1910 | 0.3% | 97.9% | 0.1% |
| Waunona | 335 | 1960 | 1860 | 16.4% | 83.3% | 9% |
| Radio Park | 51 | 1960 | 1910 | 7.8% | 100% | 0% |
| Orchard Ridge | 808 | 1961 | 1865 | 1% | 95% | 1.6% |
| Brentwood Village | 220 | 1961 | 1908 | 0.5% | 97.3% | 0.9% |
| Sunset Hills | 98 | 1962 | 1955 | 0% | 95.9% | 1% |
| Capitol View | 90 | 1962 | 1902 | 21.1% | 83.3% | 4.4% |
| Burke Heights | 107 | 1963 | 1885 | 0.9% | 83.2% | 0% |
| Skyview Terrace | 36 | 1963 | 1958 | 0% | 91.7% | 2.8% |
| Meadowood | 933 | 1964 | 1860 | 0.2% | 98.4% | 0.1% |
| Rolling Meadows | 865 | 1964 | 1885 | 0.3% | 98.6% | 0.2% |
| Sherman Village Neighborhood Association | 792 | 1964 | 1948 | 0% | 96.2% | 0.3% |
| Faircrest | 308 | 1964 | 1957 | 0% | 99.4% | 0% |
| Bridge-Lakepoint | 56 | 1965 | 1915 | 1.8% | 91.1% | 5.4% |
| Lerdahl Park | 279 | 1966 | 1867 | 12.9% | 77.4% | 4.3% |
| Arboretum | 139 | 1966 | 1904 | 9.4% | 79.9% | 4.3% |
| Greentree | 665 | 1967 | 1860 | 0.2% | 87.2% | 0.9% |
| Elvehjem | 1,433 | 1968 | 1880 | 0.7% | 76.1% | 0.3% |
| Arbor Hills | 425 | 1970 | 1958 | 0% | 92% | 0.2% |
| Parkwood Hills Community | 494 | 1972 | 1943 | 0% | 84% | 1.6% |
| Prairie Hills | 725 | 1973 | 1900 | 0.3% | 77.9% | 0.8% |
| Heritage Heights Community | 811 | 1975 | 1848 | 0.2% | 64% | 0.1% |
| Highlands Community Inc., The | 89 | 1975 | 1863 | 9% | 60.7% | 11.2% |
| Old Middleton Greenway | 77 | 1976 | 1860 | 7.8% | 57.1% | 3.9% |
| Bluff Acres Neighborhood Association | 537 | 1977 | 1900 | 1.5% | 56.6% | 0% |
| Walnut Grove Homeowners | 291 | 1977 | 1875 | 0.3% | 59.1% | 0% |
| Cherokee Park | 279 | 1977 | 1967 | 0% | 59.5% | 5% |
| Hiestand Neighborhood Association | 386 | 1978 | 1919 | 0.5% | 46.1% | 1.6% |
| Greater Sandburg | 901 | 1979 | 1860 | 1.6% | 43.5% | 0.1% |
| Leopold | 26 | 1980 | 1978 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Oakbridge Community | 145 | 1984 | 1978 | 0% | 0% | 0.7% |
| East Buckeye | 705 | 1985 | 1948 | 0% | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| Skyview Meadows Neighborhood Association | 214 | 1985 | 1890 | 0.5% | 5.1% | 0% |
| Woodland Hills | 110 | 1985 | 1980 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Park Ridge Neighborhood Association | 38 | 1985 | 1966 | 0% | 2.6% | 0% |
| Wexford Village Homeowners | 608 | 1987 | 1977 | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Westhaven Trails Homeowners Assoc | 357 | 1988 | 1910 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0% |
| Westchester Gardens Neighborhood Association | 320 | 1988 | 1860 | 1.9% | 13.8% | 0.3% |
| Sauk Creek | 280 | 1989 | 1985 | 0% | 0% | 0.4% |
| Stonefield Woods-Ridge Neighborhood Association | 101 | 1990 | 1985 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Clarendon Hills Homeowners Association | 59 | 1990 | 1988 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Moorland-Rimrock Neighborhood Association | 640 | 1991 | 1890 | 2.5% | 34.1% | 4.4% |
| Indian Springs | 476 | 1992 | 1890 | 0.4% | 16.8% | 5.9% |
| Maple-Prairie | 344 | 1992 | 1927 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| North Lake Mendota | 271 | 1992 | 1880 | 5.5% | 13.7% | 30.3% |
| High Point Estates | 271 | 1993 | 1940 | 0% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Whitetail Ridge | 190 | 1995 | 1946 | 0% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| Country Grove | 284 | 1996 | 1993 | 0% | 0% | 12.3% |
| Junction Ridge | 175 | 1996 | 1948 | 0% | 0.6% | 19.4% |
| Newbery Heights | 64 | 1996 | 1901 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Stone Meadows | 932 | 1999 | 1995 | 0% | 0% | 48.1% |
| Ridgewood | 851 | 1999 | 1906 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 41% |
| Glacier Ridge | 473 | 2001 | 1998 | 0% | 0% | 84.8% |
| Blackhawk Homeowners | 431 | 2001 | 1979 | 0% | 0% | 66.1% |
| Madison West | 2,410 | 2002 | 1890 | 0.1% | 0.5% | 74.1% |
| Hawk's Landing Neighborhood Association | 369 | 2002 | 1980 | 0% | 0% | 99.7% |
| Sprecher East | 661 | 2003 | 1910 | 0.3% | 1.2% | 98.8% |
| Greystone | 69 | 2004 | 1950 | 0% | 1.4% | 98.6% |
| Liberty Place | 199 | 2005 | 2004 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Twin Oaks | 94 | 2005 | 1957 | 0% | 1.1% | 98.9% |
| Secret Places | 305 | 2011 | 2005 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| North Star | 1,138 | 2014 | 1890 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 99.3% |
| Birchwood-Oaks | 801 | 2019 | 1999 | 0% | 0% | 99.9% |
| Elderberry | 733 | 2019 | 1890 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 99.7% |
| Cardinal Glenn | 557 | 2021 | 1979 | 0% | 0% | 99.8% |
| High Crossing Neighborhood Association | 448 | 2022 | 2016 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Why the Year Matters
- Lead paint. The EPA says a home built before 1978 is more likely to have lead-based paint, and puts the odds at 87% for homes built before 1940, 69% for 1940 to 1959 and 24% for 1960 to 1977.(EPA) Test before sanding or scraping old paint.
- Remodeling. Older houses are where permits, wiring and old materials come up. See Madison remodel permits and our guide to older homes.
- Your own house. The year on the City's record is a start. House history shows how to dig further, and property lookup finds the record.
How We Did This
- Data: the City of Madison's open dataset Tax Parcels (Assessor Property Information), which carries the assessor's year built for each parcel, pulled 2026-10-10.(City of Madison) We kept residential parcels the assessor classes as single family, 2 unit or 3 unit (53,514 parcels); 31 had no year built and were dropped.
- Neighborhoods: each parcel's point (the City's X/Y coordinate) was placed inside the City's neighborhood association boundaries, using associations classed as neighborhood associations (not condo, business or homeowner associations).(City of Madison) Some boundaries overlap, so a house can count toward two neighborhoods. 3,501 houses sit outside every association and appear only in the citywide numbers. Associations with fewer than 25 houses are not shaded.
- One year per parcel. The data gives one year built per parcel even when there's a garage or second building, so it reflects the City's record for the main building. Additions and rebuilds don't change it unless the assessor did.
- Census numbers differ. The Census Bureau's median for Madison, 1980, counts every housing unit, including apartments and condos, which skew newer.(Census Bureau)
- The City does not warrant the accuracy of its data.(City data policy) Lakes are from the City's lakes and rivers layer.(City GIS)
Questions
What is the oldest neighborhood in Madison?
By median year built of its houses, Capitol Neighborhoods (median 1899), followed by Tenney-Lapham (1910) and Marquette (1915). This counts neighborhood associations with at least 100 houses in the City's assessor data.
How old is the average house in Madison?
The median year built of Madison's 53,483 single-family, two-unit and three-unit houses is 1964, by the City's assessor data. Counting apartments and condos too, the Census Bureau puts the median year built at 1980.
How do I find when my own house was built?
Search your address in the City Assessor's property lookup; the year built is on the property record. Our house history guide covers older records too.