Berrien County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (155,001 vs 153,411 in Berrien County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($75,272 vs $63,152 in Berrien County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($215,700 vs $211,400 in Berrien County).

Population, income & housing

	Berrien County	Monroe County
Population	153,411	155,001
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,152	$75,272
Median home value	$211,400	$215,700
Median gross rent	$923	$1,017
Housing units	77,127	66,300
Homeownership rate	72.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berrien County	Monroe County
Population	154,133 → 153,411 (-0.5%)	149,727 → 155,001 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$50,795 → $63,152 (+24.3%)	$62,203 → $75,272 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $211,400 (+40.3%)	$161,700 → $215,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $923 (+24.2%)	$834 → $1,017 (+21.9%)

Berrien County

Population

154,133153,411

Median household income

$50,795$63,152

Median home value

$150,700$211,400

Median gross rent

$743$923

Monroe County

Population

149,727155,001

Median household income

$62,203$75,272

Median home value

$161,700$215,700

Median gross rent

$834$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berrien County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.8%
75 and over	8.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berrien County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	89.2%
Black or African American	13.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berrien County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berrien County	Monroe County
Drove alone	77.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berrien County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	77.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Berrien County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	15.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1966	1973