Bicknell vs Monroe City

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

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

Bicknell has the higher population (2,879 vs 816 in Monroe City). Monroe City has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $51,099 in Bicknell). Monroe City has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $59,700 in Bicknell).

Population, income & housing

	Bicknell	Monroe City
Population	2,879	816
Median age	41.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,099	$70,250
Median home value	$59,700	$97,500
Median gross rent	$809	$1,017
Housing units	1,452	319
Homeownership rate	62.9%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bicknell	Monroe City
Population	2,978 → 2,879 (-3.3%)	715 → 816 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$40,571 → $51,099 (+25.9%)	$61,364 → $70,250 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $59,700 (+20.1%)	$75,500 → $97,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $809 (+21.8%)	$846 → $1,017 (+20.2%)

Bicknell

Population

2,9782,879

Median household income

$40,571$51,099

Median home value

$49,700$59,700

Median gross rent

$664$809

Monroe City

Population

715816

Median household income

$61,364$70,250

Median home value

$75,500$97,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bicknell	Monroe City
Under 5	3.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	20.1%
35 to 44	17.1%	18.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	5.6%
75 and over	6.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bicknell	Monroe City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bicknell	Monroe City
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bicknell	Monroe City
Drove alone	80.7%	92.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bicknell	Monroe City
1-unit, detached	81.6%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bicknell	Monroe City
Poverty rate	14.2%	27.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1938	1964