Columbia County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (81,840 vs 70,755 in Columbia County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($82,430 vs $55,070 in Columbia County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($723,800 vs $186,400 in Columbia County).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia County	Monroe County
Population	70,755	81,840
Median age	40.7 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,070	$82,430
Median home value	$186,400	$723,800
Median gross rent	$915	$1,959
Housing units	30,066	54,418
Homeownership rate	70.9%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia County	Monroe County
Population	69,968 → 70,755 (+1.1%)	75,798 → 81,840 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$46,494 → $55,070 (+18.4%)	$70,033 → $82,430 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $186,400 (+50.1%)	$494,100 → $723,800 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $915 (+10.4%)	$1,627 → $1,959 (+20.4%)

Columbia County

Population

69,96870,755

Median household income

$46,494$55,070

Median home value

$124,200$186,400

Median gross rent

$829$915

Monroe County

Population

75,79881,840

Median household income

$70,033$82,430

Median home value

$494,100$723,800

Median gross rent

$1,627$1,959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.5%
75 and over	8.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	64.8%
Black or African American	16.2%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	14.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia County	Monroe County
Drove alone	77.6%	65.3%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	5.5%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.2%
Other means	1.7%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	52.1%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	36.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Columbia County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	17.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1991	1982