Falls City vs Monmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Falls City and Monmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monmouth has the higher population (11,176 vs 1,222 in Falls City). Monmouth has the higher median household income ($66,858 vs $51,094 in Falls City). Monmouth has the higher median home value ($380,500 vs $275,400 in Falls City).

Population, income & housing

	Falls City	Monmouth
Population	1,222	11,176
Median age	36.0 yrs	26.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,094	$66,858
Median home value	$275,400	$380,500
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,137
Housing units	440	3,769
Homeownership rate	74.1%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls City	Monmouth
Population	1,300 → 1,222 (-6.0%)	10,282 → 11,176 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $51,094 (+24.4%)	$39,704 → $66,858 (+68.4%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $275,400 (+95.6%)	$225,100 → $380,500 (+69.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,067 (+2.9%)	$1,014 → $1,137 (+12.1%)

Falls City

Population

1,3001,222

Median household income

$41,071$51,094

Median home value

$140,800$275,400

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,067

Monmouth

Population

10,28211,176

Median household income

$39,704$66,858

Median home value

$225,100$380,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls City	Monmouth
Under 5	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	25.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.2%
75 and over	4.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls City	Monmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls City	Monmouth
No high school diploma	19.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	36.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls City	Monmouth
Drove alone	80.3%	70.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	3.7%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls City	Monmouth
1-unit, detached	72.3%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Falls City	Monmouth
Poverty rate	19.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1973	1991