Middle Grove vs Monroe City

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

Middle Grove 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 46 in Middle Grove). Middle Grove has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $52,883 in Monroe City). Since 2019, Monroe City's population has grown faster (+31.6% vs +24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
Population	46	3,162
Median age	70.3 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$52,883
Median home value	—	$152,400
Median gross rent	—	$662
Housing units	26	1,426
Homeownership rate	100.0%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
Population	37 → 46 (+24.3%)	2,402 → 3,162 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,250 (+8.5%)	$36,993 → $52,883 (+43.0%)
Median home value	—	$87,900 → $152,400 (+73.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$602 → $662 (+10.0%)

Middle Grove

Population

3746

Median household income

$50,000$54,250

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)

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	19.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	19.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	30.4%	10.1%
75 and over	23.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
No high school diploma	26.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	47.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
Drove alone	93.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
1-unit, detached	69.2%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Middle Grove	Monroe City
Poverty rate	15.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1990	1972