Excel vs Monroeville

A side-by-side comparison of Excel and Monroeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Excel and Monroeville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monroeville has the higher population (5,875 vs 504 in Excel). Excel has the higher median household income ($66,167 vs $31,629 in Monroeville). Excel has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $115,800 in Monroeville).

Population, income & housing

	Excel	Monroeville
Population	504	5,875
Median age	35.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,167	$31,629
Median home value	$145,500	$115,800
Median gross rent	$590	$589
Housing units	216	3,034
Homeownership rate	82.9%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excel	Monroeville
Population	1,006 → 504 (-49.9%)	5,898 → 5,875 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $66,167 (-0.1%)	$31,491 → $31,629 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$140,200 → $145,500 (+3.8%)	$126,500 → $115,800 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $590 (-32.3%)	$523 → $589 (+12.6%)

Excel

Population

1,006504

Median household income

$66,250$66,167

Median home value

$140,200$145,500

Median gross rent

$871$590

Monroeville

Population

5,8985,875

Median household income

$31,491$31,629

Median home value

$126,500$115,800

Median gross rent

$523$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excel	Monroeville
Under 5	5.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	31.0%	21.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	19.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	6.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.2%
75 and over	5.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excel	Monroeville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	34.3%
Black or African American	6.7%	61.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excel	Monroeville
No high school diploma	2.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	48.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excel	Monroeville
Drove alone	94.5%	95.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excel	Monroeville
1-unit, detached	91.7%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Excel	Monroeville
Poverty rate	21.4%	27.3%
Average household size	2.96	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1985	1981