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Monroe County, PA

166,053 Population
608.4 square miles 273 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,979 ±$2,081 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$71,087 ±$7,691 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.9% ±1.4% (14,435  ±2,322) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

36 minutes ±1.7 (2,451,160  ±177,745) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

61,129 ±2,075 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.1 (162,568  ±228) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 † 12,527,719 (±,104.4 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.5% ±1.9% (1,874  ±645) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

79,881 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$275,300 ±$11,376 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.3% ±1.8% (15,294  ±3,030.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.2% ±4% (107,818  ±4,818.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
26.8% ±2.3% (32,041  ±2,800.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

11.7% ±39,143.7% (19,428  ±2,945) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% † 1,031,320 (±,341% / ±23,270)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6% ±1.1% (8,023  ±1,419) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,023 Total veterans ±1,419 6,752 Male ±1,193 1,271 Female ±618

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