Monroe vs Walnut Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Monroe and Walnut Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Monroe and Walnut Grove are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monroe has the higher population (15,336 vs 1,594 in Walnut Grove). Walnut Grove has the higher median household income ($81,823 vs $43,991 in Monroe). Walnut Grove has the higher median home value ($225,800 vs $222,000 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
Population	15,336	1,594
Median age	29.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,991	$81,823
Median home value	$222,000	$225,800
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,167
Housing units	5,131	694
Homeownership rate	39.6%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
Population	13,418 → 15,336 (+14.3%)	1,471 → 1,594 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$31,740 → $43,991 (+38.6%)	$57,344 → $81,823 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $222,000 (+74.3%)	$161,900 → $225,800 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,118 (+22.2%)	$1,115 → $1,167 (+4.7%)

Monroe

Population

13,41815,336

Median household income

$31,740$43,991

Median home value

$127,400$222,000

Median gross rent

$915$1,118

Walnut Grove

Population

1,4711,594

Median household income

$57,344$81,823

Median home value

$161,900$225,800

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
Under 5	10.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	13.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.2%	23.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.0%
75 and over	4.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	41.5%	76.8%
Black or African American	47.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	25.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	73.7%	68.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	18.4%
Other means	3.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	65.2%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	38.7%	11.3%
Average household size	3.12	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1976	1992