Monroe City vs Paris

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

Monroe City and Paris 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 1,326 in Paris). Paris has the higher median household income ($54,219 vs $52,883 in Monroe City). Monroe City has the higher median home value ($152,400 vs $99,500 in Paris).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe City	Paris
Population	3,162	1,326
Median age	40.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,883	$54,219
Median home value	$152,400	$99,500
Median gross rent	$662	$670
Housing units	1,426	636
Homeownership rate	50.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe City	Paris
Population	2,402 → 3,162 (+31.6%)	1,390 → 1,326 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$36,993 → $52,883 (+43.0%)	$36,550 → $54,219 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $152,400 (+73.4%)	$74,500 → $99,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $662 (+10.0%)	$325 → $670 (+106.2%)

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

Paris

Population

1,3901,326

Median household income

$36,550$54,219

Median home value

$74,500$99,500

Median gross rent

$325$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe City	Paris
Under 5	7.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.9%
75 and over	7.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe City	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	2.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe City	Paris
No high school diploma	15.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe City	Paris
Drove alone	85.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe City	Paris
1-unit, detached	63.6%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Monroe City	Paris
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1972	1962