Macon County vs Monroe County

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

Macon County and Monroe County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monroe County has the higher population (19,580 vs 18,951 in Macon County). Macon County has the higher median household income ($45,951 vs $40,225 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $95,700 in Macon County).

Population, income & housing

	Macon County	Monroe County
Population	18,951	19,580
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,951	$40,225
Median home value	$95,700	$114,900
Median gross rent	$709	$721
Housing units	9,664	10,193
Homeownership rate	64.8%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macon County	Monroe County
Population	18,708 → 18,951 (+1.3%)	21,270 → 19,580 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$33,370 → $45,951 (+37.7%)	$30,441 → $40,225 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $95,700 (+18.4%)	$102,200 → $114,900 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $709 (+10.6%)	$582 → $721 (+23.9%)

Macon County

Population

18,70818,951

Median household income

$33,370$45,951

Median home value

$80,800$95,700

Median gross rent

$641$709

Monroe County

Population

21,27019,580

Median household income

$30,441$40,225

Median home value

$102,200$114,900

Median gross rent

$582$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macon County	Monroe County
Under 5	4.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	22.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.5%
75 and over	8.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macon County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	53.6%
Black or African American	78.2%	42.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macon County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	15.8%	16.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macon County	Monroe County
Drove alone	74.1%	90.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	6.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macon County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	63.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Macon County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	22.1%	22.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1979	1983