Monroe vs Pleasant Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Monroe and Pleasant Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Monroe and Pleasant Mills are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monroe has the higher population (629 vs 130 in Pleasant Mills). Pleasant Mills has the higher median home value ($311,700 vs $145,300 in Monroe). Since 2019, Pleasant Mills's population has grown faster (-6.5% vs -33.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
Population	629	130
Median age	30.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	—
Median home value	$145,300	$311,700
Median gross rent	$670	—
Housing units	222	53
Homeownership rate	79.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
Population	945 → 629 (-33.4%)	139 → 130 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$59,028 → $70,000 (+18.6%)	—
Median home value	$110,800 → $145,300 (+31.1%)	$306,300 → $311,700 (+1.8%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $670 (-9.9%)	—

Monroe

Population

945629

Median household income

$59,028$70,000

Median home value

$110,800$145,300

Median gross rent

$744$670

Pleasant Mills

Population

139130

Median home value

$306,300$311,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	40.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	0.0%
75 and over	4.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	10.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
Drove alone	80.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
1-unit, detached	90.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Pleasant Mills
Poverty rate	11.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.86	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1963	1994