Monument vs Security-Widefield

A side-by-side comparison of Monument and Security-Widefield: population, income, housing, and more.

Monument and Security-Widefield are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Security-Widefield has the higher population (38,659 vs 11,035 in Monument). Monument has the higher median household income ($114,654 vs $83,916 in Security-Widefield). Monument has the higher median home value ($586,400 vs $358,600 in Security-Widefield).

Population, income & housing

	Monument	Security-Widefield
Population	11,035	38,659
Median age	38.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,654	$83,916
Median home value	$586,400	$358,600
Median gross rent	$1,947	$1,703
Housing units	4,087	13,770
Homeownership rate	78.5%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument	Security-Widefield
Population	7,398 → 11,035 (+49.2%)	39,612 → 38,659 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$107,168 → $114,654 (+7.0%)	$69,352 → $83,916 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$381,600 → $586,400 (+53.7%)	$211,300 → $358,600 (+69.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,586 → $1,947 (+22.8%)	$1,313 → $1,703 (+29.7%)

Monument

Population

7,39811,035

Median household income

$107,168$114,654

Median home value

$381,600$586,400

Median gross rent

$1,586$1,947

Security-Widefield

Population

39,61238,659

Median household income

$69,352$83,916

Median home value

$211,300$358,600

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monument	Security-Widefield
Under 5	5.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	23.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.2%
75 and over	4.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument	Security-Widefield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	57.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument	Security-Widefield
No high school diploma	1.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	15.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument	Security-Widefield
Drove alone	63.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.2%	11.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument	Security-Widefield
1-unit, detached	75.6%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Monument	Security-Widefield
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	2006	1982