Brodhead vs Monticello

A side-by-side comparison of Brodhead and Monticello: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brodhead has the higher population (3,205 vs 1,186 in Monticello). Monticello has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $49,531 in Brodhead). Monticello has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $167,600 in Brodhead).

Population, income & housing

	Brodhead	Monticello
Population	3,205	1,186
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,531	$70,625
Median home value	$167,600	$200,000
Median gross rent	$691	$822
Housing units	1,618	587
Homeownership rate	65.0%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brodhead	Monticello
Population	3,240 → 3,205 (-1.1%)	1,092 → 1,186 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$43,649 → $49,531 (+13.5%)	$57,174 → $70,625 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $167,600 (+45.6%)	$136,800 → $200,000 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $691 (-5.0%)	$671 → $822 (+22.5%)

Brodhead

Population

3,2403,205

Median household income

$43,649$49,531

Median home value

$115,100$167,600

Median gross rent

$727$691

Monticello

Population

1,0921,186

Median household income

$57,174$70,625

Median home value

$136,800$200,000

Median gross rent

$671$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brodhead	Monticello
Under 5	3.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	14.8%
75 and over	12.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brodhead	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brodhead	Monticello
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	52.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brodhead	Monticello
Drove alone	86.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brodhead	Monticello
1-unit, detached	67.1%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Brodhead	Monticello
Poverty rate	16.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1957	1962