Monroe County, Indiana

Monroe County has a population of 140,965 and has grown 1.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $285,200, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $65,868.

Home price
$285,200
Income
$65,868
Population
140,965
Unemployment
5.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$285,200county
Median gross rent$1,193county
Median year homes here were built1986county
Share of homes built before 198041.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented46.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,443county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,210county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,072county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,572county
Home insurance / yr$2,887(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living91(statewide)
Median household income$65,868county
Family health premium / yr$24,725(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,471(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.488(statewide)
Poverty rate19.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home15.9%county
Unemployment rate5.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.1%county
Share of workers employed by government23.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry36.0%county
Economic output per resident$66,308county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.71%county
Top state income tax2.95%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.95%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service40 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5181947county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station46 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.4%county
Traffic deaths7.8county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher49.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.8%county
Public schools in the county31county
Public school enrollment14256county
Students per full-time teacher13.8county
Free lunch eligible39.0%county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools4county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.1%county
Frequent mental distress19.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population140,965county
Land area in square miles395county
People per square mile of land357.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores19county
Convenience stores10county
Share living far from a food store20.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract7.2%county
Population change since 2020+1.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents6county
Median age31.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.6%county
Share of households that are one person34.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.6%county
Second languages11.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls28.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents102county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in4,203county
Households that moved away5,125county
Average income of arriving households$53,383county
Average income of departing households$56,626county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes17county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,139county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings83.3%county
Violent crime rate313(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature53.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.5 incounty
Annual snowfall27.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.08 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F18 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing109 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days193 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 15county
Average first fall frostOct 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$171county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh15.3¢county
Household electricity use1,064 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity48.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas43.6%county
Homes heated by propane6.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.8%county
Households with broadband90.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk80.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk29.2county
Landslide risk53.8county
Hail risk74.5county
Earthquake risk87.6county
Tornado risk82.2county
Tropical cyclone risk23.8county
Extreme heat risk84.6county
Winter weather risk89.3county
Strong wind risk90.4county
Wildfire risk31.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Monroe County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Indiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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