Kings vs Monroe Center

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

Kings 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 322 in Kings). Monroe Center has the higher median household income ($91,563 vs $71,250 in Kings). Monroe Center has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $122,600 in Kings).

Population, income & housing

	Kings	Monroe Center
Population	322	415
Median age	13.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$91,563
Median home value	$122,600	$148,000
Median gross rent	—	$878
Housing units	49	169
Homeownership rate	89.8%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings	Monroe Center
Population	348 → 322 (-7.5%)	399 → 415 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $71,250 (+16.3%)	$75,156 → $91,563 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $122,600 (+7.2%)	$119,400 → $148,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$917 → $878 (-4.3%)

Kings

Population

348322

Median household income

$61,250$71,250

Median home value

$114,400$122,600

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)

	Kings	Monroe Center
Under 5	36.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	2.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	20.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	20.5%
55 to 64	5.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	0.6%	8.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings	Monroe Center
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	72.7%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings	Monroe Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	52.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings	Monroe Center
Drove alone	77.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	16.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings	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

	Kings	Monroe Center
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.9%
Average household size	6.57	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1963	1961