Holcomb vs Monroe Center

A side-by-side comparison of Holcomb and Monroe Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Holcomb and Monroe Center are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monroe Center has the higher population (415 vs 175 in Holcomb). Monroe Center has the higher median household income ($91,563 vs $54,250 in Holcomb). Monroe Center has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $130,500 in Holcomb).

Population, income & housing

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
Population	175	415
Median age	55.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$91,563
Median home value	$130,500	$148,000
Median gross rent	$960	$878
Housing units	77	169
Homeownership rate	84.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
Population	157 → 175 (+11.5%)	399 → 415 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $54,250 (+15.7%)	$75,156 → $91,563 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $130,500 (+1.9%)	$119,400 → $148,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $960 (+24.4%)	$917 → $878 (-4.3%)

Holcomb

Population

157175

Median household income

$46,875$54,250

Median home value

$128,100$130,500

Median gross rent

$772$960

Monroe Center

Population

399415

Median household income

$75,156$91,563

Median home value

$119,400$148,000

Median gross rent

$917$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
Under 5	1.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	20.5%
55 to 64	21.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.9%
75 and over	22.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
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	21.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
Drove alone	66.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	33.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Holcomb	Monroe Center
Poverty rate	32.3%	2.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1938	1961