Monroe vs Social Circle

A side-by-side comparison of Monroe and Social Circle: population, income, housing, and more.

Monroe and Social Circle are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monroe has the higher population (15,336 vs 5,113 in Social Circle). Social Circle has the higher median household income ($82,188 vs $43,991 in Monroe). Social Circle has the higher median home value ($244,400 vs $222,000 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Social Circle
Population	15,336	5,113
Median age	29.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,991	$82,188
Median home value	$222,000	$244,400
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,130
Housing units	5,131	1,877
Homeownership rate	39.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Social Circle
Population	13,418 → 15,336 (+14.3%)	4,447 → 5,113 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$31,740 → $43,991 (+38.6%)	$53,538 → $82,188 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $222,000 (+74.3%)	$139,000 → $244,400 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,118 (+22.2%)	$1,017 → $1,130 (+11.1%)

Monroe

Population

13,41815,336

Median household income

$31,740$43,991

Median home value

$127,400$222,000

Median gross rent

$915$1,118

Social Circle

Population

4,4475,113

Median household income

$53,538$82,188

Median home value

$139,000$244,400

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Social Circle
Under 5	10.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.5%
75 and over	4.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Social Circle
White (non-Hispanic)	41.5%	62.6%
Black or African American	47.3%	35.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Social Circle
No high school diploma	25.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Social Circle
Drove alone	73.7%	61.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	19.6%
Other means	3.6%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Social Circle
1-unit, detached	65.2%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Social Circle
Poverty rate	38.7%	4.2%
Average household size	3.12	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1976	1995