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Monroe, NC

35,596 Population
31.3 square miles 1,136.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,277 ±$1,836 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,265 ±$9,313 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.9% ±3.1% (4,859  ±1,085) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29.9 minutes ±2.9 (466,090  ±51,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

12,081 ±585 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.1 (34,985  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.6% ±2.3% (585  ±206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

12,994 ±526 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$270,600 ±$12,976 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.7% ±2% (3,398  ±707.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

81.5% ±3.9% (18,101  ±1,105.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.6% ±2.1% (4,798  ±506.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

17.8% ±2.2% (6,349  ±785) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.3% ±1.2% (1,661  ±329) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,661 Total veterans ±329 1,546 Male ±319 115 Female ±72

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