Lewistown vs Monticello

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

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

Lewistown has the higher population (436 vs 358 in Monticello). Monticello has the higher median household income ($102,750 vs $53,500 in Lewistown). Monticello has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $90,000 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Lewistown	Monticello
Population	436	358
Median age	32.5 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$102,750
Median home value	$90,000	$104,700
Median gross rent	$673	$917
Housing units	210	64
Homeownership rate	82.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewistown	Monticello
Population	675 → 436 (-35.4%)	100 → 358 (+258.0%)
Median household income	$43,214 → $53,500 (+23.8%)	$64,688 → $102,750 (+58.8%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $90,000 (+30.8%)	$81,900 → $104,700 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $673 (+14.7%)	—

Lewistown

Population

675436

Median household income

$43,214$53,500

Median home value

$68,800$90,000

Median gross rent

$587$673

Monticello

Population

100358

Median household income

$64,688$102,750

Median home value

$81,900$104,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewistown	Monticello
Under 5	6.4%	13.1%
5 to 17	24.1%	9.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	21.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	28.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	3.4%
45 to 54	5.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	6.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.9%
75 and over	12.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewistown	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	0.5%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewistown	Monticello
No high school diploma	6.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	56.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewistown	Monticello
Drove alone	79.8%	70.0%
Carpooled	16.9%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewistown	Monticello
1-unit, detached	66.2%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Lewistown	Monticello
Poverty rate	12.0%	21.6%
Average household size	3.11	6.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1966	1966