Leaf River vs Monroe Center

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

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

Leaf River has the higher population (475 vs 415 in Monroe Center). Monroe Center has the higher median household income ($91,563 vs $75,903 in Leaf River). Monroe Center has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $93,600 in Leaf River).

Population, income & housing

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
Population	475	415
Median age	43.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,903	$91,563
Median home value	$93,600	$148,000
Median gross rent	$795	$878
Housing units	228	169
Homeownership rate	82.9%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
Population	422 → 475 (+12.6%)	399 → 415 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $75,903 (+63.2%)	$75,156 → $91,563 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $93,600 (+14.4%)	$119,400 → $148,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $795 (+9.1%)	$917 → $878 (-4.3%)

Leaf River

Population

422475

Median household income

$46,500$75,903

Median home value

$81,800$93,600

Median gross rent

$729$795

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)

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
Under 5	7.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	19.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.9%
75 and over	5.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	47.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
Drove alone	86.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
1-unit, detached	89.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Leaf River	Monroe Center
Poverty rate	14.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1951	1961