John Day vs Monument

A side-by-side comparison of John Day and Monument: population, income, housing, and more.

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

John Day has the higher population (1,543 vs 198 in Monument). John Day has the higher median household income ($75,917 vs $36,809 in Monument). Monument has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $199,400 in John Day).

Population, income & housing

	John Day	Monument
Population	1,543	198
Median age	42.9 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,917	$36,809
Median home value	$199,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$942	$450
Housing units	775	175
Homeownership rate	59.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	John Day	Monument
Population	2,244 → 1,543 (-31.2%)	86 → 198 (+130.2%)
Median household income	$39,355 → $75,917 (+92.9%)	$27,679 → $36,809 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $199,400 (+66.9%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $942 (+26.3%)	$613 → $450 (-26.6%)

John Day

Population

2,2441,543

Median household income

$39,355$75,917

Median home value

$119,500$199,400

Median gross rent

$746$942

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)

	John Day	Monument
Under 5	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	0.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	1.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	19.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	6.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.1%
75 and over	7.8%	41.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	John Day	Monument
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	56.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	John Day	Monument
No high school diploma	10.1%	15.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	57.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	John Day	Monument
Drove alone	69.9%	37.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	23.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	25.4%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	John Day	Monument
1-unit, detached	62.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	John Day	Monument
Poverty rate	15.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.20	1.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1964	1957