Grant County vs Monroe County

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

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

Grant County has the higher population (51,678 vs 46,169 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($68,213 vs $64,349 in Grant County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $186,300 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Grant County	Monroe County
Population	51,678	46,169
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,349	$68,213
Median home value	$186,300	$197,200
Median gross rent	$812	$920
Housing units	22,192	19,918
Homeownership rate	69.1%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant County	Monroe County
Population	51,733 → 51,678 (-0.1%)	45,771 → 46,169 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,800 → $64,349 (+17.4%)	$59,587 → $68,213 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $186,300 (+26.1%)	$155,000 → $197,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $812 (+14.5%)	$815 → $920 (+12.9%)

Grant County

Population

51,73351,678

Median household income

$54,800$64,349

Median home value

$147,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$709$812

Monroe County

Population

45,77146,169

Median household income

$59,587$68,213

Median home value

$155,000$197,200

Median gross rent

$815$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	15.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.7%
75 and over	7.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	34.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant County	Monroe County
Drove alone	75.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	6.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.3%
Other means	1.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	5.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Grant County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	13.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1973	1980