A happy slogan for the town is “Two Miles Long and a Smile Wide.”
The population of Maderia Beach is about 4,400, and the city is mostly residential with very few little commercial activity.
John’s Pass Village is a shopping venue centered along a boardwalk on John’s Pass. It is an easy walk from the Village to the sandy Gulf beach just to the west.It is a nautically themed place with hundreds of restaurants, shops and curious small tourist attractions.