Cave vs Old Monroe

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

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

Old Monroe has the higher population (183 vs 2 in Cave). Since 2019, Old Monroe's population has grown faster (-15.3% vs -33.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cave	Old Monroe
Population	2	183
Median age	—	30.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,458
Median home value	—	$154,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,156
Housing units	9	68
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	—	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave	Old Monroe
Population	3 → 2 (-33.3%)	216 → 183 (-15.3%)
Median household income	—	$40,000 → $61,458 (+53.6%)
Median home value	—	$112,500 → $154,200 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,094 → $1,156 (+5.7%)

Cave

Population

Old Monroe

Population

216183

Median household income

$40,000$61,458

Median home value

$112,500$154,200

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave	Old Monroe
Under 5	0.0%	19.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.1%
75 and over	100.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave	Old Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave	Old Monroe
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	100.0%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave	Old Monroe
Drove alone	—	95.4%
Carpooled	—	2.3%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	2.3%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave	Old Monroe
1-unit, detached	22.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	77.8%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Cave	Old Monroe
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.4%
Average household size	—	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	—	1963