Fulton County vs Monroe County

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

Fulton 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 33,259 in Fulton County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($101,635 vs $58,617 in Fulton County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $102,500 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Monroe County
Population	33,259	34,969
Median age	43.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,617	$101,635
Median home value	$102,500	$265,600
Median gross rent	$808	$996
Housing units	15,883	14,665
Homeownership rate	77.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Monroe County
Population	35,092 → 33,259 (-5.2%)	34,168 → 34,969 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$51,643 → $58,617 (+13.5%)	$85,747 → $101,635 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $102,500 (+15.7%)	$211,300 → $265,600 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $808 (+25.1%)	$872 → $996 (+14.2%)

Fulton County

Population

35,09233,259

Median household income

$51,643$58,617

Median home value

$88,600$102,500

Median gross rent

$646$808

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)

	Fulton County	Monroe County
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	95.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	37.7%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Monroe County
Drove alone	82.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	11.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	87.2%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	12.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1959	1990