Modoc County vs Mono County

A side-by-side comparison of Modoc County and Mono County: population, income, housing, and more.

Modoc County and Mono County are counties in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mono County has the higher population (13,169 vs 8,646 in Modoc County). Mono County has the higher median household income ($86,953 vs $56,648 in Modoc County). Mono County has the higher median home value ($514,300 vs $212,000 in Modoc County).

Population, income & housing

	Modoc County	Mono County
Population	8,646	13,169
Median age	49.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,648	$86,953
Median home value	$212,000	$514,300
Median gross rent	$818	$1,593
Housing units	4,774	13,632
Homeownership rate	77.3%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modoc County	Mono County
Population	8,907 → 8,646 (-2.9%)	14,310 → 13,169 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$45,507 → $56,648 (+24.5%)	$62,260 → $86,953 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $212,000 (+50.8%)	$312,500 → $514,300 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $818 (+14.1%)	$1,206 → $1,593 (+32.1%)

Modoc County

Population

8,9078,646

Median household income

$45,507$56,648

Median home value

$140,600$212,000

Median gross rent

$717$818

Mono County

Population

14,31013,169

Median household income

$62,260$86,953

Median home value

$312,500$514,300

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modoc County	Mono County
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	18.6%	10.7%
75 and over	12.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modoc County	Mono County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	1.6%
Asian	1.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modoc County	Mono County
No high school diploma	12.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modoc County	Mono County
Drove alone	72.9%	66.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	6.7%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.6%	16.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modoc County	Mono County
1-unit, detached	80.2%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	24.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Modoc County	Mono County
Poverty rate	20.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1976	1980