Livingston County vs Monroe County

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

Livingston 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.

Livingston County has the higher population (35,659 vs 34,969 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($101,635 vs $70,796 in Livingston County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $131,500 in Livingston County).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston County	Monroe County
Population	35,659	34,969
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,796	$101,635
Median home value	$131,500	$265,600
Median gross rent	$855	$996
Housing units	15,930	14,665
Homeownership rate	73.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston County	Monroe County
Population	36,040 → 35,659 (-1.1%)	34,168 → 34,969 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$55,160 → $70,796 (+28.3%)	$85,747 → $101,635 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $131,500 (+20.2%)	$211,300 → $265,600 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $855 (+19.6%)	$872 → $996 (+14.2%)

Livingston County

Population

36,04035,659

Median household income

$55,160$70,796

Median home value

$109,400$131,500

Median gross rent

$715$855

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)

	Livingston County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.4%
75 and over	8.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	95.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston County	Monroe County
Drove alone	80.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Livingston County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1961	1990