Monroe County vs Ozark County

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

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

Ozark County has the higher population (8,773 vs 8,672 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($48,299 vs $42,329 in Ozark County). Ozark County has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $147,400 in Monroe County).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe County	Ozark County
Population	8,672	8,773
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,299	$42,329
Median home value	$147,400	$156,400
Median gross rent	$667	$626
Housing units	4,476	5,046
Homeownership rate	75.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe County	Ozark County
Population	8,629 → 8,672 (+0.5%)	9,207 → 8,773 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$43,966 → $48,299 (+9.9%)	$31,947 → $42,329 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)	$97,600 → $156,400 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $667 (+18.9%)	$660 → $626 (-5.2%)

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

Ozark County

Population

9,2078,773

Median household income

$31,947$42,329

Median home value

$97,600$156,400

Median gross rent

$660$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe County	Ozark County
Under 5	5.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	17.3%
75 and over	10.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe County	Ozark County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe County	Ozark County
No high school diploma	10.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	47.2%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe County	Ozark County
Drove alone	81.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	13.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.9%	12.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe County	Ozark County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Monroe County	Ozark County
Poverty rate	16.0%	21.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1977	1979