Grandfalls vs Monahans

A side-by-side comparison of Grandfalls and Monahans: population, income, housing, and more.

Grandfalls and Monahans are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monahans has the higher population (7,536 vs 322 in Grandfalls). Monahans has the higher median household income ($70,820 vs $56,000 in Grandfalls). Since 2019, Monahans's population has grown faster (-1.1% vs -20.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Grandfalls	Monahans
Population	322	7,536
Median age	29.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$70,820
Median home value	—	$159,000
Median gross rent	$633	$919
Housing units	154	3,420
Homeownership rate	73.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandfalls	Monahans
Population	407 → 322 (-20.9%)	7,618 → 7,536 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $56,000 (+26.5%)	$64,870 → $70,820 (+9.2%)
Median home value	—	$88,900 → $159,000 (+78.9%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $633 (+13.2%)	$1,001 → $919 (-8.2%)

Grandfalls

Population

407322

Median household income

$44,286$56,000

Median gross rent

$559$633

Monahans

Population

7,6187,536

Median household income

$64,870$70,820

Median home value

$88,900$159,000

Median gross rent

$1,001$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandfalls	Monahans
Under 5	11.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	29.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	3.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.7%
75 and over	9.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandfalls	Monahans
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	36.1%
Black or African American	6.8%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	52.2%	55.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandfalls	Monahans
No high school diploma	14.8%	18.3%
High school graduate	45.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandfalls	Monahans
Drove alone	78.1%	85.9%
Carpooled	21.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandfalls	Monahans
1-unit, detached	66.2%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Grandfalls	Monahans
Poverty rate	18.3%	16.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1972	1970