Monroe City vs Oaktown

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

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

Monroe City has the higher population (816 vs 724 in Oaktown). Monroe City has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $30,417 in Oaktown). Monroe City has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $67,700 in Oaktown).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe City	Oaktown
Population	816	724
Median age	33.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$30,417
Median home value	$97,500	$67,700
Median gross rent	$1,017	$705
Housing units	319	372
Homeownership rate	63.8%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe City	Oaktown
Population	715 → 816 (+14.1%)	614 → 724 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$61,364 → $70,250 (+14.5%)	$44,327 → $30,417 (-31.4%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $97,500 (+29.1%)	$68,800 → $67,700 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,017 (+20.2%)	$543 → $705 (+29.8%)

Monroe City

Population

715816

Median household income

$61,364$70,250

Median home value

$75,500$97,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,017

Oaktown

Population

614724

Median household income

$44,327$30,417

Median home value

$68,800$67,700

Median gross rent

$543$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe City	Oaktown
Under 5	7.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	20.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	21.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.5%
75 and over	4.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe City	Oaktown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	96.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe City	Oaktown
No high school diploma	2.1%	29.8%
High school graduate	52.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe City	Oaktown
Drove alone	92.8%	90.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe City	Oaktown
1-unit, detached	95.0%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Monroe City	Oaktown
Poverty rate	27.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1964	1968