Cerro Gordo vs Monticello

A side-by-side comparison of Cerro Gordo and Monticello: population, income, housing, and more.

Cerro Gordo and Monticello are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monticello has the higher population (6,332 vs 1,426 in Cerro Gordo). Monticello has the higher median household income ($88,611 vs $69,118 in Cerro Gordo). Monticello has the higher median home value ($196,000 vs $108,000 in Cerro Gordo).

Population, income & housing

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
Population	1,426	6,332
Median age	33.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,118	$88,611
Median home value	$108,000	$196,000
Median gross rent	$875	$1,030
Housing units	566	2,817
Homeownership rate	78.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
Population	1,501 → 1,426 (-5.0%)	5,695 → 6,332 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$55,089 → $69,118 (+25.5%)	$75,274 → $88,611 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $108,000 (+17.3%)	$163,000 → $196,000 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)	$972 → $1,030 (+6.0%)

Cerro Gordo

Population

1,5011,426

Median household income

$55,089$69,118

Median home value

$92,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$650$875

Monticello

Population

5,6956,332

Median household income

$75,274$88,611

Median home value

$163,000$196,000

Median gross rent

$972$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
Under 5	7.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	9.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.4%
75 and over	8.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	38.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
Drove alone	85.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
1-unit, detached	89.8%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cerro Gordo	Monticello
Poverty rate	11.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1960	1976