Monument vs Russell Springs

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

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

Monument has the higher population (81 vs 27 in Russell Springs). Monument has the higher median household income ($137,833 vs $64,167 in Russell Springs). Since 2019, Monument's population has grown faster (+131.4% vs +28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Monument	Russell Springs
Population	81	27
Median age	26.9 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$137,833	$64,167
Median home value	—	$80,000
Housing units	26	14
Homeownership rate	42.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument	Russell Springs
Population	35 → 81 (+131.4%)	21 → 27 (+28.6%)
Median household income	—	$47,083 → $64,167 (+36.3%)
Median home value	—	$63,300 → $80,000 (+26.4%)

Monument

Population

3581

Russell Springs

Population

2127

Median household income

$47,083$64,167

Median home value

$63,300$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monument	Russell Springs
Under 5	19.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	4.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	58.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	22.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	18.5%
75 and over	0.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument	Russell Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	18.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument	Russell Springs
No high school diploma	24.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	52.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument	Russell Springs
Drove alone	91.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument	Russell Springs
1-unit, detached	30.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	69.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monument	Russell Springs
Poverty rate	28.4%	11.1%
Average household size	3.12	1.93
Median year structure built	1973	1938