Geneva vs Monroe

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

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

Geneva has the higher population (1,267 vs 629 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $52,813 in Geneva). Monroe has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $127,400 in Geneva).

Population, income & housing

	Geneva	Monroe
Population	1,267	629
Median age	48.1 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$70,000
Median home value	$127,400	$145,300
Median gross rent	$643	$670
Housing units	609	222
Homeownership rate	69.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneva	Monroe
Population	1,312 → 1,267 (-3.4%)	945 → 629 (-33.4%)
Median household income	$45,962 → $52,813 (+14.9%)	$59,028 → $70,000 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $127,400 (+46.4%)	$110,800 → $145,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $643 (+0.5%)	$744 → $670 (-9.9%)

Geneva

Population

1,3121,267

Median household income

$45,962$52,813

Median home value

$87,000$127,400

Median gross rent

$640$643

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)

	Geneva	Monroe
Under 5	5.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	24.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	5.9%
75 and over	8.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneva	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneva	Monroe
No high school diploma	11.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	53.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneva	Monroe
Drove alone	87.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	6.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneva	Monroe
1-unit, detached	69.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Geneva	Monroe
Poverty rate	23.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1971	1963