Canyon City vs Monument

A side-by-side comparison of Canyon City and Monument: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canyon City has the higher population (920 vs 198 in Monument). Canyon City has the higher median household income ($88,542 vs $36,809 in Monument). Monument has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $184,300 in Canyon City).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon City	Monument
Population	920	198
Median age	44.2 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,542	$36,809
Median home value	$184,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$832	$450
Housing units	427	175
Homeownership rate	84.2%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon City	Monument
Population	702 → 920 (+31.1%)	86 → 198 (+130.2%)
Median household income	$49,531 → $88,542 (+78.8%)	$27,679 → $36,809 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $184,300 (+35.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $832 (+40.5%)	$613 → $450 (-26.6%)

Canyon City

Population

702920

Median household income

$49,531$88,542

Median home value

$136,500$184,300

Median gross rent

$592$832

Monument

Population

86198

Median household income

$27,679$36,809

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$613$450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon City	Monument
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	1.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	19.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	6.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.1%
75 and over	7.1%	41.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon City	Monument
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	56.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon City	Monument
No high school diploma	5.5%	15.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	57.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon City	Monument
Drove alone	65.0%	37.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	23.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	25.4%
Worked from home	14.6%	10.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon City	Monument
1-unit, detached	87.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Canyon City	Monument
Poverty rate	4.5%	17.2%
Average household size	2.22	1.27
Mean commute (minutes)	8	17
Median year structure built	1957	1957