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Monroe, LA Urban Area

117,507 Population
91 square miles 1,291.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,707 ±$3,628 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$49,557 ±$4,792 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

25.7% ±3.1% (28,994  ±3,634) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20 minutes ±0.7 (905,045  ±45,750) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

47,882 ±1,842 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (112,889  ±4,545) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6% ±2.7% (1,797  ±804) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

54,468 ±1,679 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$200,000 ±$13,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17% ±4.1% (19,707  ±4,842.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.7% ±5.1% (67,032  ±4,691) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
30.5% ±3.5% (23,335  ±2,816.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±0.9% (4,086  ±1,036) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±1.6% (5,333  ±1,399) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,333 Total veterans ±1,399 4,600 Male ±1,078 733 Female ±649

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