Cornlea vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (248 vs 40 in Cornlea). Monroe has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $112,500 in Cornlea). Since 2019, Cornlea's population has grown faster (+300.0% vs -36.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cornlea	Monroe
Population	40	248
Median age	44.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,250
Median home value	$112,500	$115,000
Median gross rent	—	$892
Housing units	15	110
Homeownership rate	93.3%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornlea	Monroe
Population	10 → 40 (+300.0%)	388 → 248 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $87,500 (+45.8%)	$60,278 → $66,250 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $112,500 (+73.1%)	$81,900 → $115,000 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$758 → $892 (+17.7%)

Cornlea

Population

1040

Median household income

$60,000$87,500

Median home value

$65,000$112,500

Monroe

Population

388248

Median household income

$60,278$66,250

Median home value

$81,900$115,000

Median gross rent

$758$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornlea	Monroe
Under 5	10.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	20.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.9%
75 and over	27.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornlea	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornlea	Monroe
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	51.9%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornlea	Monroe
Drove alone	88.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornlea	Monroe
1-unit, detached	93.3%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Cornlea	Monroe
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1961	1955