With 12,386 people, Monroe County is a county in West Virginia. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. Owners hold 87% of the housing stock. The median age is 46.2, about 7 years above the US median. 0% of people here were born outside the United States. The typical home is worth $156,300, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 38%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Monroe County
What changed most since 1990
White share98.5% → 94.1%(−4.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.0% → 15.4%(+7.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate21.0% → 14.0%(−7.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
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)18.9%(141)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.4%(100)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.1%(255)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 748 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 County, decade by decade
Monroe County 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
12,406
$43,722
$100,323
8.0%
3.7
2000
14,583
$50,232
$112,943
8.2%
18.2
2010
13,502
$56,930
$136,952
13.3%
7.1
2020
12,376
$54,333
$139,748
15.5%
12.5
2024
12,386
$56,750
$156,300
15.4%
14.1
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.
