Big Creek vs Monmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Big Creek and Monmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Creek and Monmouth are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monmouth has the higher population (168 vs 83 in Big Creek). Since 2019, Monmouth's population has grown faster (+51.4% vs -58.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Creek	Monmouth
Population	83	168
Median age	47.6 yrs	24.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,673
Median home value	—	$113,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,391
Housing units	76	40
Homeownership rate	48.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Creek	Monmouth
Population	198 → 83 (-58.1%)	111 → 168 (+51.4%)
Median household income	$90,750 → $63,250 (-30.3%)	$32,969 → $40,673 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$320,000 → $297,700 (-7.0%)	$124,100 → $113,500 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,075 (+12.4%)	$850 → $1,391 (+63.6%)

Big Creek

Population

19883

Median household income

$90,750$63,250

Median home value

$320,000$297,700

Median gross rent

$956$1,075

Monmouth

Population

111168

Median household income

$32,969$40,673

Median home value

$124,100$113,500

Median gross rent

$850$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Creek	Monmouth
Under 5	0.0%	19.6%
5 to 17	28.9%	26.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	19.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	18.1%	1.2%
65 to 74	18.1%	6.5%
75 and over	4.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Creek	Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	6.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	68.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Creek	Monmouth
No high school diploma	0.0%	30.8%
High school graduate	8.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Creek	Monmouth
Drove alone	51.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	29.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Creek	Monmouth
1-unit, detached	68.4%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	31.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Creek	Monmouth
Poverty rate	25.3%	29.8%
Average household size	2.68	4.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1979	1968