Monument vs Prairie City

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

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

Prairie City has the higher population (739 vs 198 in Monument). Prairie City has the higher median household income ($49,702 vs $36,809 in Monument). Monument has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $186,400 in Prairie City).

Population, income & housing

	Monument	Prairie City
Population	198	739
Median age	70.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,809	$49,702
Median home value	$2,000,001	$186,400
Median gross rent	$450	$853
Housing units	175	473
Homeownership rate	82.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument	Prairie City
Population	86 → 198 (+130.2%)	735 → 739 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$27,679 → $36,809 (+33.0%)	$49,609 → $49,702 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$137,200 → $186,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $450 (-26.6%)	$738 → $853 (+15.6%)

Monument

Population

86198

Median household income

$27,679$36,809

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$613$450

Prairie City

Population

735739

Median household income

$49,609$49,702

Median home value

$137,200$186,400

Median gross rent

$738$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monument	Prairie City
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	7.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	0.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	1.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	19.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	6.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.7%
75 and over	41.9%	22.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument	Prairie City
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument	Prairie City
No high school diploma	15.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	57.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument	Prairie City
Drove alone	37.3%	63.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.9%	19.4%
Bicycle	25.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument	Prairie City
1-unit, detached	73.7%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Monument	Prairie City
Poverty rate	17.2%	15.3%
Average household size	1.27	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	11
Median year structure built	1957	1971