Monroe vs Monticello

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (10,568 vs 1,186 in Monticello). Monticello has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $67,621 in Monroe). Monticello has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $184,400 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Monticello
Population	10,568	1,186
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,621	$70,625
Median home value	$184,400	$200,000
Median gross rent	$844	$822
Housing units	5,217	587
Homeownership rate	63.1%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Monticello
Population	10,625 → 10,568 (-0.5%)	1,092 → 1,186 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$50,537 → $67,621 (+33.8%)	$57,174 → $70,625 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $184,400 (+46.2%)	$136,800 → $200,000 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $844 (+12.2%)	$671 → $822 (+22.5%)

Monroe

Population

10,62510,568

Median household income

$50,537$67,621

Median home value

$126,100$184,400

Median gross rent

$752$844

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)

	Monroe	Monticello
Under 5	5.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	14.8%
75 and over	8.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Monticello
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Monticello
Drove alone	80.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Monticello
1-unit, detached	62.3%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Monticello
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1964	1962