Harrison County vs Monroe County

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

Harrison 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 8,198 in Harrison County). Harrison County has the higher median household income ($53,364 vs $48,299 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $107,400 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Population	8,198	8,672
Median age	40.9 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,364	$48,299
Median home value	$107,400	$147,400
Median gross rent	$666	$667
Housing units	4,023	4,476
Homeownership rate	73.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Population	8,491 → 8,198 (-3.5%)	8,629 → 8,672 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $53,364 (+24.3%)	$43,966 → $48,299 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $107,400 (+41.3%)	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $666 (+25.4%)	$561 → $667 (+18.9%)

Harrison County

Population

8,4918,198

Median household income

$42,917$53,364

Median home value

$76,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$531$666

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)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.0%
75 and over	10.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	1.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	43.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Drove alone	80.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.9%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	16.1%	16.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1969	1977