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Monroe, IA

2,120 Population
1.7 square miles 1,248.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$35,613 ±$3,899 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$80,375 ±$18,243 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,890 ±$1,070
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

8.1% ±4.3% (171  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

24.4 minutes ±2.5 (26,895  ±5,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 21 6,727,745 (±0.3 / ±105,462)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

877 ±137 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 294,814 ±1,360
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.4 ±0.5 (2,120  ±295) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 717,916 (±0 / ±219)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

885 ±138 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$177,200 ±$20,730 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $267,400 ±$3,201
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

7.9% ±4.2% (168  ±92.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.7% 98,801 (±0.6% / ±4,006.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

99.4% ±21.5% (1,421  ±212.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 457,660 (±1% / ±5,068.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
19% ±4.8% (272  ±81.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.7% 194,551 (±0.6% / ±3,113.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

1.2% ±1.4% (26  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.8% 64,379
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

7.8% ±3.1% (125  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 32,182 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
125 Total veterans ±53 114 Male ±53 11 Female ±14

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