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Monroe town, Waldo County, ME

1,034 Population
38.9 square miles 26.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Waldo County: 46.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,054 ±$5,040 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Waldo County: $38,183 ±$1,576
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$78,409 ±$7,520 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Waldo County: $68,441 ±$4,439
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

14.5% ±7.9% (150  ±84) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waldo County: 12.8% † 4,992 (±1.3% / ±522)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

31.2 minutes ±12.9 (12,080  ±3,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waldo County: 26.2 408,570 (±0.8 / ±22,200)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

448 ±74 Number of households
  • Waldo County: 17,476 ±345
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.5 (1,034  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Waldo County: 2.3 39,273 (±0 / ±93)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

8.6% ±10.2% (14  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Waldo County: 4.6% † 362 (±1.5% / ±115)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

496 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Waldo County: 22,118 ±63
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$214,600 ±$50,581 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waldo County: $239,100 ±$7,407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

8% ±3.6% (83  ±38.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waldo County: 8.7% † 3,450 (±1.1% / ±428.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

93.6% ±3.9% (706  ±104.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waldo County: 93.7% 28,072 (±3.3% / ±985.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
24.3% ±5% (183  ±45.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waldo County: 34.8% 10,431 (±2.1% / ±613.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

1.7% ±1.4% (18  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waldo County: 2.2% 877
  • about half the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.7% ±5% (95  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waldo County: 7.9% 2,592 (±0.7% / ±212)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
95 Total veterans ±43 86 Male ±41 9 Female ±9

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