What is the population of Monroe borough?

Monroe borough has 562 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1294 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Monroe borough?

Median household income in Monroe borough is $57,250 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Monroe borough?

Median gross rent is $775 a month and the median home value is $175,000, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

Is Monroe borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Monroe borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Monroe, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Monroe, Pennsylvania (Monroe, PA — Census place “Monroe borough”) is 562 residents, ranking #1294 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $57,250, the median home is worth $175,000 and median gross rent runs $775 a month. Looking for the Monroe Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Monroe, PA: 18832.

Population: 562Monroe borough residents
Median household income: $57,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $175,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $775Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.1%Owner-occupied households

Monroe ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Monroe.

The Monroe PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

18832

What the numbers mean in Monroe borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Monroe borough median would spend about 16.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.4% of residents and 71.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Monroe borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Monroe borough is a very small community in Pennsylvania, with 562 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1294 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 35% of them. The median age here is 39.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Monroe borough earn a median of $57,250 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Monroe borough is valued at $175,000, 42.3% below the national figure and 9% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $775 a month, 44.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,300 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 562 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Monroe borough against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Monroe borough?: Monroe borough has 562 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1294 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Monroe borough?: Median household income in Monroe borough is $57,250 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Monroe borough?: Median gross rent is $775 a month and the median home value is $175,000, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Monroe borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Monroe borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Monroe borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.