LaPorte County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (139,822 vs 112,141 in LaPorte County). LaPorte County has the higher median household income ($70,452 vs $63,372 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $180,700 in LaPorte County).

Population, income & housing

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
Population	112,141	139,822
Median age	40.8 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,452	$63,372
Median home value	$180,700	$261,700
Median gross rent	$926	$1,151
Housing units	49,878	64,850
Homeownership rate	74.6%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
Population	110,154 → 112,141 (+1.8%)	146,461 → 139,822 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$53,658 → $70,452 (+31.3%)	$49,839 → $63,372 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$132,600 → $180,700 (+36.3%)	$175,600 → $261,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $926 (+24.0%)	$920 → $1,151 (+25.1%)

LaPorte County

Population

110,154112,141

Median household income

$53,658$70,452

Median home value

$132,600$180,700

Median gross rent

$747$926

Monroe County

Population

146,461139,822

Median household income

$49,839$63,372

Median home value

$175,600$261,700

Median gross rent

$920$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	24.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.4%
75 and over	7.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	81.6%
Black or African American	10.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.3%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
Drove alone	83.6%	65.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.9%	2.1%
Walked	1.3%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.4%	14.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	78.1%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	17.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	LaPorte County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	14.0%	20.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1968	1986