Chalmers vs Monon

A side-by-side comparison of Chalmers and Monon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monon has the higher population (1,764 vs 518 in Chalmers). Chalmers has the higher median household income ($70,588 vs $52,569 in Monon). Chalmers has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $84,600 in Monon).

Population, income & housing

	Chalmers	Monon
Population	518	1,764
Median age	40.8 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,588	$52,569
Median home value	$154,000	$84,600
Median gross rent	$1,075	$941
Housing units	229	661
Homeownership rate	81.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalmers	Monon
Population	445 → 518 (+16.4%)	1,833 → 1,764 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$58,977 → $70,588 (+19.7%)	$41,981 → $52,569 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $154,000 (+71.5%)	$75,800 → $84,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,075 (+43.3%)	$696 → $941 (+35.2%)

Chalmers

Population

445518

Median household income

$58,977$70,588

Median home value

$89,800$154,000

Median gross rent

$750$1,075

Monon

Population

1,8331,764

Median household income

$41,981$52,569

Median home value

$75,800$84,600

Median gross rent

$696$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalmers	Monon
Under 5	9.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	24.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	6.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.9%
75 and over	5.2%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalmers	Monon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	37.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	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	5.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	60.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalmers	Monon
No high school diploma	8.3%	39.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalmers	Monon
Drove alone	89.5%	75.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	22.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalmers	Monon
1-unit, detached	93.4%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Chalmers	Monon
Poverty rate	4.6%	16.1%
Average household size	2.38	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1945	1948