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Monroe County, PA

169,507 Population
608.3 square miles 278.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,188 ±$1,728 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $33,960 ±$208
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$64,170 ±$4,928 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $60,905 ±$315
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

12.3% ±2.8% (20,597  ±4,639) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,517,870 (±0.2% / ±30,308)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

38.5 minutes ±1.8 (2,858,225  ±213,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 158,372,430 (±0.2 / ±1,268,208)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

55,109 ±2,594 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,070,931 ±12,151
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
3 ±0.1 (167,247  ±1,012) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,385,066 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

7.6% ±3% (2,998  ±1,176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 147,829 (±0.2% / ±6,771)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

81,664 ±332 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,136 ±439
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$173,500 ±$7,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $186,000 ±$1,108
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

9.6% ±2.4% (16,161  ±4,069.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,555,639 (±0.2% / ±29,993.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

90% ±4.9% (106,607  ±5,995.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,182,529 (±0.4% / ±37,753.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
22% ±2.5% (26,098  ±3,016.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.8% 2,862,482 (±0.3% / ±22,630.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

8.6% ±1.8% (14,641  ±2,962) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 922,585 (±0.2% / ±19,391)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

9.4% ±1.3% (12,729  ±1,726) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 745,909 (±0.1% / ±11,767)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
12,729 Total veterans ±1,726 11,662 Male ±1,655 1,067 Female ±786

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