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Monroeville, AL

5,802 Population
13.3 square miles 434.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 44.2 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,405 ±$3,062 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Monroe County: $23,812 ±$1,366
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,513 ±$4,530 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monroe County: $42,292 † ±$5,982
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.8% ±8.9% (1,613  ±496) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Monroe County: 20.1% † 3,854 (±3.6% / ±685)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±5.5 (40,385  ±11,645) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 25.5 156,375 (±2.2 / ±18,534)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,413 ±248 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 7,363 ±309
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,594  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 2.6 19,171 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±2.6% (16  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 2.8% † 116 (±1.9% / ±81)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,012 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 10,208 ±45
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,900 ±$25,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $120,600 ±$10,788
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±4.3% (487  ±248) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 5.4% † 1,046 (±1.9% / ±358.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±10.2% (3,171  ±450.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 84.1% 11,302 (±5% / ±696.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18% ±5.1% (671  ±198.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 11.7% † 1,569 (±1.9% / ±254.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.7% (28  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Monroe County: 0.7% 129
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.9% (227  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 5.8% † 879 (±1.5% / ±221)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
227 Total veterans ±125 203 Male ±116 24 Female ±28

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