Monona vs Mount Horeb

A side-by-side comparison of Monona and Mount Horeb: population, income, housing, and more.

Monona and Mount Horeb are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monona has the higher population (8,604 vs 7,719 in Mount Horeb). Mount Horeb has the higher median household income ($100,956 vs $87,784 in Monona). Monona has the higher median home value ($390,400 vs $359,500 in Mount Horeb).

Population, income & housing

	Monona	Mount Horeb
Population	8,604	7,719
Median age	44.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,784	$100,956
Median home value	$390,400	$359,500
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,260
Housing units	4,326	2,927
Homeownership rate	53.6%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monona	Mount Horeb
Population	8,122 → 8,604 (+5.9%)	7,449 → 7,719 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$74,474 → $87,784 (+17.9%)	$79,900 → $100,956 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $390,400 (+43.4%)	$262,900 → $359,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,207 (+29.1%)	$943 → $1,260 (+33.6%)

Monona

Population

8,1228,604

Median household income

$74,474$87,784

Median home value

$272,200$390,400

Median gross rent

$935$1,207

Mount Horeb

Population

7,4497,719

Median household income

$79,900$100,956

Median home value

$262,900$359,500

Median gross rent

$943$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monona	Mount Horeb
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	25.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.0%
75 and over	8.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monona	Mount Horeb
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monona	Mount Horeb
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	18.8%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monona	Mount Horeb
Drove alone	67.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.4%	13.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monona	Mount Horeb
1-unit, detached	56.9%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	6.3%
20 or more units	23.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Monona	Mount Horeb
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1962	1993