Green County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (11,318 vs 11,278 in Green County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($49,430 vs $41,087 in Green County). Green County has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $116,300 in Monroe County).

Population, income & housing

	Green County	Monroe County
Population	11,278	11,318
Median age	45.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,087	$49,430
Median home value	$118,900	$116,300
Median gross rent	$612	$629
Housing units	5,292	5,240
Homeownership rate	76.6%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green County	Monroe County
Population	10,979 → 11,278 (+2.7%)	10,627 → 11,318 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$35,899 → $41,087 (+14.5%)	$34,879 → $49,430 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $118,900 (+49.6%)	$80,500 → $116,300 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $612 (+11.9%)	$523 → $629 (+20.3%)

Green County

Population

10,97911,278

Median household income

$35,899$41,087

Median home value

$79,500$118,900

Median gross rent

$547$612

Monroe County

Population

10,62711,318

Median household income

$34,879$49,430

Median home value

$80,500$116,300

Median gross rent

$523$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.8%
75 and over	10.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	15.0%	17.6%
High school graduate	42.2%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green County	Monroe County
Drove alone	78.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Green County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	21.5%	22.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1977	1977