Alcorn County vs Monroe County

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

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

Alcorn County has the higher population (34,500 vs 33,928 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($51,231 vs $49,404 in Alcorn County). Alcorn County has the higher median home value ($132,300 vs $115,200 in Monroe County).

Population, income & housing

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
Population	34,500	33,928
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,404	$51,231
Median home value	$132,300	$115,200
Median gross rent	$728	$721
Housing units	16,242	16,790
Homeownership rate	65.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
Population	37,090 → 34,500 (-7.0%)	35,673 → 33,928 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$42,086 → $49,404 (+17.4%)	$42,354 → $51,231 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $132,300 (+28.8%)	$91,700 → $115,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $728 (+18.0%)	$618 → $721 (+16.7%)

Alcorn County

Population

37,09034,500

Median household income

$42,086$49,404

Median home value

$102,700$132,300

Median gross rent

$617$728

Monroe County

Population

35,67333,928

Median household income

$42,354$51,231

Median home value

$91,700$115,200

Median gross rent

$618$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	66.5%
Black or African American	10.6%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	16.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	34.9%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
Drove alone	85.2%	85.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	65.8%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Alcorn County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	17.4%	16.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1981	1979