Marengo County vs Monroe County

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

Marengo 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 19,027 in Marengo County). Marengo County has the higher median household income ($44,205 vs $40,225 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $103,400 in Marengo County).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo County	Monroe County
Population	19,027	19,580
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,205	$40,225
Median home value	$103,400	$114,900
Median gross rent	$722	$721
Housing units	9,837	10,193
Homeownership rate	69.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo County	Monroe County
Population	19,321 → 19,027 (-1.5%)	21,270 → 19,580 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$33,241 → $44,205 (+33.0%)	$30,441 → $40,225 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $103,400 (+22.5%)	$102,200 → $114,900 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $722 (+28.2%)	$582 → $721 (+23.9%)

Marengo County

Population

19,32119,027

Median household income

$33,241$44,205

Median home value

$84,400$103,400

Median gross rent

$563$722

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)

	Marengo County	Monroe County
Under 5	6.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	53.6%
Black or African American	51.3%	42.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	14.4%	16.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo County	Monroe County
Drove alone	83.0%	90.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	56.9%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Marengo County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	22.6%	22.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1983	1983