Monroe is a city of 10,587 people in Wisconsin. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $195,300. The foreign-born share is 4%. At a median age of 42.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are 1,892 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,334, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Monroe
What changed most since 1990
White share99.0% → 88.9%(−10.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Monroe's population equals 29% of Green County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 54% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 48% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)11.9%(61)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.7%(60)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era51.1%(261)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.5%(28)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 511 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Monroe, decade by decade
Monroe population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
10,241
$63,938
$133,684
14.5%
2.4
2000
10,843
$67,259
$161,763
17.6%
7.4
2010
10,827
$62,658
$163,278
16.7%
17.0
2020
10,661
$63,021
$166,292
17.4%
27.8
2024
10,587
$69,334
$195,300
27.3%
25.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
