Adair County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (7,546 vs 7,471 in Adair County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($72,518 vs $66,176 in Adair County). Adair County has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $135,900 in Monroe County).

Population, income & housing

	Adair County	Monroe County
Population	7,471	7,546
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,176	$72,518
Median home value	$140,600	$135,900
Median gross rent	$730	$787
Housing units	3,595	3,648
Homeownership rate	73.6%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair County	Monroe County
Population	7,085 → 7,471 (+5.4%)	7,807 → 7,546 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$53,363 → $66,176 (+24.0%)	$58,269 → $72,518 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $140,600 (+34.4%)	$100,200 → $135,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $730 (+24.8%)	$566 → $787 (+39.0%)

Adair County

Population

7,0857,471

Median household income

$53,363$66,176

Median home value

$104,600$140,600

Median gross rent

$585$730

Monroe County

Population

7,8077,546

Median household income

$58,269$72,518

Median home value

$100,200$135,900

Median gross rent

$566$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair County	Monroe County
Under 5	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.6%
75 and over	10.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	40.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair County	Monroe County
Drove alone	80.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	86.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Adair County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	10.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1958	1972