Carroll County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (8,672 vs 8,459 in Carroll County). Carroll County has the higher median household income ($61,712 vs $48,299 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $110,500 in Carroll County).

Population, income & housing

	Carroll County	Monroe County
Population	8,459	8,672
Median age	43.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,712	$48,299
Median home value	$110,500	$147,400
Median gross rent	$785	$667
Housing units	4,380	4,476
Homeownership rate	72.6%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carroll County	Monroe County
Population	8,781 → 8,459 (-3.7%)	8,629 → 8,672 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$50,830 → $61,712 (+21.4%)	$43,966 → $48,299 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $110,500 (+25.3%)	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $785 (+29.3%)	$561 → $667 (+18.9%)

Carroll County

Population

8,7818,459

Median household income

$50,830$61,712

Median home value

$88,200$110,500

Median gross rent

$607$785

Monroe County

Population

8,6298,672

Median household income

$43,966$48,299

Median home value

$105,300$147,400

Median gross rent

$561$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carroll County	Monroe County
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	14.0%
75 and over	9.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carroll County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	91.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carroll County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	44.5%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carroll County	Monroe County
Drove alone	76.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	4.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carroll County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Carroll County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	10.8%	16.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1964	1977