Monument vs Peru

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

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

Peru has the higher population (65 vs 55 in Monument).

Population, income & housing

	Monument	Peru
Population	55	65
Median age	32.4 yrs	63.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	—
Median home value	$100,000	—
Housing units	30	32
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument	Peru
Population	166 → 55 (-66.9%)	0 → 65 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$21,484 → $81,250 (+278.2%)	—
Median home value	$9,999 → $100,000 (+900.1%)	—

Monument

Population

16655

Median household income

$21,484$81,250

Median home value

$9,999$100,000

Peru

Population

065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monument	Peru
Under 5	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	32.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	32.3%
45 to 54	21.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	47.7%
75 and over	5.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument	Peru
No high school diploma	19.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.3%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument	Peru
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument	Peru
1-unit, detached	40.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	46.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monument	Peru
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.44	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	50	—
Median year structure built	1998	—