Effingham County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (34,969 vs 34,505 in Effingham County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($101,635 vs $75,380 in Effingham County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $179,800 in Effingham County).

Population, income & housing

	Effingham County	Monroe County
Population	34,505	34,969
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,380	$101,635
Median home value	$179,800	$265,600
Median gross rent	$734	$996
Housing units	15,336	14,665
Homeownership rate	78.1%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effingham County	Monroe County
Population	34,137 → 34,505 (+1.1%)	34,168 → 34,969 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$56,685 → $75,380 (+33.0%)	$85,747 → $101,635 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $179,800 (+25.2%)	$211,300 → $265,600 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $734 (+12.9%)	$872 → $996 (+14.2%)

Effingham County

Population

34,13734,505

Median household income

$56,685$75,380

Median home value

$143,600$179,800

Median gross rent

$650$734

Monroe County

Population

34,16834,969

Median household income

$85,747$101,635

Median home value

$211,300$265,600

Median gross rent

$872$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Effingham County	Monroe County
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.4%
75 and over	7.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effingham County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effingham County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effingham County	Monroe County
Drove alone	79.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	11.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effingham County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	78.9%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Effingham County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1978	1990