Monument vs Oakley

A side-by-side comparison of Monument and Oakley: population, income, housing, and more.

Monument and Oakley are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakley has the higher population (2,049 vs 81 in Monument). Monument has the higher median household income ($137,833 vs $69,778 in Oakley). Since 2019, Monument's population has grown faster (+131.4% vs -2.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Monument	Oakley
Population	81	2,049
Median age	26.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$137,833	$69,778
Median home value	—	$118,700
Median gross rent	—	$781
Housing units	26	974
Homeownership rate	42.3%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument	Oakley
Population	35 → 81 (+131.4%)	2,090 → 2,049 (-2.0%)
Median household income	—	$50,495 → $69,778 (+38.2%)
Median home value	—	$101,000 → $118,700 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$687 → $781 (+13.7%)

Monument

Population

3581

Oakley

Population

2,0902,049

Median household income

$50,495$69,778

Median home value

$101,000$118,700

Median gross rent

$687$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monument	Oakley
Under 5	19.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	4.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	58.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument	Oakley
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	7.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument	Oakley
No high school diploma	24.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	52.5%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument	Oakley
Drove alone	91.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument	Oakley
1-unit, detached	30.8%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	69.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Monument	Oakley
Poverty rate	28.4%	13.9%
Average household size	3.12	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1973	1963