Kellogg vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (2,074 vs 611 in Kellogg). Monroe has the higher median household income ($81,488 vs $37,500 in Kellogg). Monroe has the higher median home value ($173,500 vs $85,000 in Kellogg).

Population, income & housing

	Kellogg	Monroe
Population	611	2,074
Median age	49.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$81,488
Median home value	$85,000	$173,500
Median gross rent	$766	$780
Housing units	275	882
Homeownership rate	60.6%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kellogg	Monroe
Population	571 → 611 (+7.0%)	1,733 → 2,074 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $37,500 (-18.2%)	$57,917 → $81,488 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $85,000 (+4.9%)	$122,700 → $173,500 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $766 (+13.5%)	$634 → $780 (+23.0%)

Kellogg

Population

571611

Median household income

$45,833$37,500

Median home value

$81,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$675$766

Monroe

Population

1,7332,074

Median household income

$57,917$81,488

Median home value

$122,700$173,500

Median gross rent

$634$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kellogg	Monroe
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.7%
75 and over	5.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kellogg	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kellogg	Monroe
No high school diploma	11.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	42.6%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kellogg	Monroe
Drove alone	73.7%	90.6%
Carpooled	18.5%	4.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kellogg	Monroe
1-unit, detached	79.3%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Kellogg	Monroe
Poverty rate	26.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1938	1965