Decatur County vs Monroe County

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

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

Decatur County has the higher population (29,118 vs 28,919 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($82,863 vs $50,485 in Decatur County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($243,200 vs $146,200 in Decatur County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Monroe County
Population	29,118	28,919
Median age	38.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,485	$82,863
Median home value	$146,200	$243,200
Median gross rent	$860	$881
Housing units	13,106	11,354
Homeownership rate	61.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Monroe County
Population	26,682 → 29,118 (+9.1%)	27,171 → 28,919 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$41,481 → $50,485 (+21.7%)	$54,754 → $82,863 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $146,200 (+31.8%)	$166,900 → $243,200 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $860 (+27.0%)	$704 → $881 (+25.1%)

Decatur County

Population

26,68229,118

Median household income

$41,481$50,485

Median home value

$110,900$146,200

Median gross rent

$677$860

Monroe County

Population

27,17128,919

Median household income

$54,754$82,863

Median home value

$166,900$243,200

Median gross rent

$704$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Monroe County
Under 5	6.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.5%
75 and over	7.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	72.1%
Black or African American	41.7%	21.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	16.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Monroe County
Drove alone	82.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	66.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	24.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1987	1995