Madison vs Monroe City

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

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

Monroe City has the higher population (3,162 vs 387 in Madison). Monroe City has the higher median household income ($52,883 vs $44,375 in Madison). Monroe City has the higher median home value ($152,400 vs $86,800 in Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	Monroe City
Population	387	3,162
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$52,883
Median home value	$86,800	$152,400
Median gross rent	$644	$662
Housing units	238	1,426
Homeownership rate	70.0%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	Monroe City
Population	496 → 387 (-22.0%)	2,402 → 3,162 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$39,861 → $44,375 (+11.3%)	$36,993 → $52,883 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $86,800 (+27.6%)	$87,900 → $152,400 (+73.4%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $644 (+1.7%)	$602 → $662 (+10.0%)

Madison

Population

496387

Median household income

$39,861$44,375

Median home value

$68,000$86,800

Median gross rent

$633$644

Monroe City

Population

2,4023,162

Median household income

$36,993$52,883

Median home value

$87,900$152,400

Median gross rent

$602$662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	Monroe City
Under 5	7.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	6.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.1%
75 and over	7.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	Monroe City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	Monroe City
No high school diploma	8.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	39.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	Monroe City
Drove alone	90.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	Monroe City
1-unit, detached	73.5%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Madison	Monroe City
Poverty rate	21.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1961	1972