Madison County vs Monroe County

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

Madison 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 130,949 in Madison County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($63,372 vs $62,632 in Madison County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $147,700 in Madison County).

Population, income & housing

	Madison County	Monroe County
Population	130,949	139,822
Median age	40.8 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,632	$63,372
Median home value	$147,700	$261,700
Median gross rent	$926	$1,151
Housing units	59,075	64,850
Homeownership rate	70.0%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison County	Monroe County
Population	129,455 → 130,949 (+1.2%)	146,461 → 139,822 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$49,522 → $62,632 (+26.5%)	$49,839 → $63,372 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$97,300 → $147,700 (+51.8%)	$175,600 → $261,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $926 (+19.6%)	$920 → $1,151 (+25.1%)

Madison County

Population

129,455130,949

Median household income

$49,522$62,632

Median home value

$97,300$147,700

Median gross rent

$774$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)

	Madison County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	24.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.4%
75 and over	7.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	81.6%
Black or African American	6.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.4%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison County	Monroe County
Drove alone	76.8%	65.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.4%	2.1%
Walked	1.4%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.1%
Worked from home	9.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	17.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Madison County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	12.9%	20.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1965	1986