Monticello vs New Hebron

A side-by-side comparison of Monticello and New Hebron: population, income, housing, and more.

Monticello and New Hebron are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monticello has the higher population (1,277 vs 486 in New Hebron). New Hebron has the higher median household income ($66,618 vs $28,920 in Monticello). Monticello has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $108,500 in New Hebron).

Population, income & housing

	Monticello	New Hebron
Population	1,277	486
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,920	$66,618
Median home value	$114,200	$108,500
Median gross rent	$394	$924
Housing units	789	213
Homeownership rate	68.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monticello	New Hebron
Population	1,369 → 1,277 (-6.7%)	543 → 486 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$31,731 → $28,920 (-8.9%)	$49,792 → $66,618 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $114,200 (+15.5%)	$90,000 → $108,500 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $394 (-33.1%)	$867 → $924 (+6.6%)

Monticello

Population

1,3691,277

Median household income

$31,731$28,920

Median home value

$98,900$114,200

Median gross rent

$589$394

New Hebron

Population

543486

Median household income

$49,792$66,618

Median home value

$90,000$108,500

Median gross rent

$867$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monticello	New Hebron
Under 5	8.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	29.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	5.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.3%
75 and over	7.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monticello	New Hebron
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	65.4%
Black or African American	26.5%	30.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	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	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monticello	New Hebron
No high school diploma	11.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monticello	New Hebron
Drove alone	96.4%	87.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monticello	New Hebron
1-unit, detached	74.5%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Monticello	New Hebron
Poverty rate	30.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.30	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1973	1961