Berne vs Monroe

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

Berne and Monroe are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berne has the higher population (3,906 vs 629 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $59,413 in Berne). Berne has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $145,300 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Berne	Monroe
Population	3,906	629
Median age	38.9 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,413	$70,000
Median home value	$145,600	$145,300
Median gross rent	$735	$670
Housing units	1,588	222
Homeownership rate	70.2%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berne	Monroe
Population	4,235 → 3,906 (-7.8%)	945 → 629 (-33.4%)
Median household income	$45,185 → $59,413 (+31.5%)	$59,028 → $70,000 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $145,600 (+44.2%)	$110,800 → $145,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $735 (+38.7%)	$744 → $670 (-9.9%)

Berne

Population

4,2353,906

Median household income

$45,185$59,413

Median home value

$101,000$145,600

Median gross rent

$530$735

Monroe

Population

945629

Median household income

$59,028$70,000

Median home value

$110,800$145,300

Median gross rent

$744$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berne	Monroe
Under 5	5.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	24.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.9%
75 and over	11.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berne	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berne	Monroe
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	50.4%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berne	Monroe
Drove alone	79.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berne	Monroe
1-unit, detached	69.5%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berne	Monroe
Poverty rate	10.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1974	1963