Corvallis vs Monroe

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

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

Corvallis has the higher population (60,424 vs 897 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $63,807 in Corvallis). Corvallis has the higher median home value ($480,600 vs $292,700 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Corvallis	Monroe
Population	60,424	897
Median age	27.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,807	$66,875
Median home value	$480,600	$292,700
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,125
Housing units	25,784	294
Homeownership rate	41.4%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.9%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corvallis	Monroe
Population	58,028 → 60,424 (+4.1%)	640 → 897 (+40.2%)
Median household income	$52,942 → $63,807 (+20.5%)	$50,000 → $66,875 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$330,500 → $480,600 (+45.4%)	$156,700 → $292,700 (+86.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,342 (+23.0%)	$748 → $1,125 (+50.4%)

Corvallis

Population

58,02860,424

Median household income

$52,942$63,807

Median home value

$330,500$480,600

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,342

Monroe

Population

640897

Median household income

$50,000$66,875

Median home value

$156,700$292,700

Median gross rent

$748$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corvallis	Monroe
Under 5	3.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	27.4%
18 to 24	31.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	4.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.1%
75 and over	5.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corvallis	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	45.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	6.6%
Asian	9.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corvallis	Monroe
No high school diploma	3.9%	13.3%
High school graduate	10.3%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corvallis	Monroe
Drove alone	57.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.9%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	15.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corvallis	Monroe
1-unit, detached	47.4%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Corvallis	Monroe
Poverty rate	25.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.25	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1978	1985