Monroe County vs Pontotoc County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (33,928 vs 31,312 in Pontotoc County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($52,741 vs $51,231 in Monroe County). Pontotoc County has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $115,200 in Monroe County).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
Population	33,928	31,312
Median age	41.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,231	$52,741
Median home value	$115,200	$141,700
Median gross rent	$721	$848
Housing units	16,790	14,076
Homeownership rate	76.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
Population	35,673 → 33,928 (-4.9%)	31,618 → 31,312 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$42,354 → $51,231 (+21.0%)	$44,759 → $52,741 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $115,200 (+25.6%)	$106,500 → $141,700 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $721 (+16.7%)	$722 → $848 (+17.5%)

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

Pontotoc County

Population

31,61831,312

Median household income

$44,759$52,741

Median home value

$106,500$141,700

Median gross rent

$722$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.9%
75 and over	8.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	74.8%
Black or African American	30.2%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	14.7%	21.1%
High school graduate	40.3%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	85.6%	86.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	70.7%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	16.7%	14.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1979	1986