Claiborne vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (47,241 vs 12,647 in Claiborne). Claiborne has the higher median household income ($69,173 vs $36,521 in Monroe). Claiborne has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $174,800 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne	Monroe
Population	12,647	47,241
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,173	$36,521
Median home value	$214,100	$174,800
Median gross rent	$1,181	$823
Housing units	5,365	21,317
Homeownership rate	63.0%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne	Monroe
Population	11,602 → 12,647 (+9.0%)	48,241 → 47,241 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$56,318 → $69,173 (+22.8%)	$30,438 → $36,521 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $214,100 (+39.6%)	$139,600 → $174,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,181 (+22.6%)	$702 → $823 (+17.2%)

Claiborne

Population

11,60212,647

Median household income

$56,318$69,173

Median home value

$153,400$214,100

Median gross rent

$963$1,181

Monroe

Population

48,24147,241

Median household income

$30,438$36,521

Median home value

$139,600$174,800

Median gross rent

$702$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne	Monroe
Under 5	9.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.7%
75 and over	5.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	32.7%
Black or African American	5.3%	60.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne	Monroe
No high school diploma	6.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne	Monroe
Drove alone	82.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	0.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne	Monroe
1-unit, detached	71.5%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne	Monroe
Poverty rate	11.3%	38.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1989	1971