Kirkwood vs Monmouth

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

Kirkwood 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 769 in Kirkwood). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($70,385 vs $59,690 in Monmouth). Kirkwood has the higher median home value ($89,500 vs $88,100 in Monmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
Population	769	8,794
Median age	38.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,385	$59,690
Median home value	$89,500	$88,100
Median gross rent	$850	$652
Housing units	304	3,804
Homeownership rate	85.0%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
Population	762 → 769 (+0.9%)	8,763 → 8,794 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$53,542 → $70,385 (+31.5%)	$44,037 → $59,690 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $89,500 (+14.3%)	$75,800 → $88,100 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $850 (+76.7%)	$585 → $652 (+11.5%)

Kirkwood

Population

762769

Median household income

$53,542$70,385

Median home value

$78,300$89,500

Median gross rent

$481$850

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)

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	15.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.6%
75 and over	6.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
No high school diploma	11.8%	17.8%
High school graduate	37.3%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
Drove alone	85.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
1-unit, detached	93.8%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Monmouth
Poverty rate	7.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1952	1953