Cameron vs Monmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron and Monmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monmouth has the higher population (8,794 vs 383 in Cameron). Monmouth has the higher median household income ($59,690 vs $57,614 in Cameron). Cameron has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $88,100 in Monmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Monmouth
Population	383	8,794
Median age	37.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,614	$59,690
Median home value	$110,400	$88,100
Median gross rent	—	$652
Housing units	155	3,804
Homeownership rate	50.3%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Monmouth
Population	146 → 383 (+162.3%)	8,763 → 8,794 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,439 → $57,614 (+16.5%)	$44,037 → $59,690 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $110,400 (+26.0%)	$75,800 → $88,100 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$585 → $652 (+11.5%)

Cameron

Population

146383

Median household income

$49,439$57,614

Median home value

$87,600$110,400

Monmouth

Population

8,7638,794

Median household income

$44,037$59,690

Median home value

$75,800$88,100

Median gross rent

$585$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron	Monmouth
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	32.6%	15.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	25.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.6%
75 and over	5.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Monmouth
No high school diploma	18.1%	17.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Monmouth
Drove alone	100.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Monmouth
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Monmouth
Poverty rate	14.1%	16.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1942	1953