Bruceville vs Monroe City

A side-by-side comparison of Bruceville and Monroe City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monroe City has the higher population (816 vs 445 in Bruceville). Monroe City has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $52,750 in Bruceville). Monroe City has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $86,900 in Bruceville).

Population, income & housing

	Bruceville	Monroe City
Population	445	816
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,750	$70,250
Median home value	$86,900	$97,500
Median gross rent	$692	$1,017
Housing units	213	319
Homeownership rate	78.9%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruceville	Monroe City
Population	318 → 445 (+39.9%)	715 → 816 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $52,750 (-12.5%)	$61,364 → $70,250 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $86,900 (+38.8%)	$75,500 → $97,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $692 (-3.8%)	$846 → $1,017 (+20.2%)

Bruceville

Population

318445

Median household income

$60,313$52,750

Median home value

$62,600$86,900

Median gross rent

$719$692

Monroe City

Population

715816

Median household income

$61,364$70,250

Median home value

$75,500$97,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruceville	Monroe City
Under 5	5.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.9%
18 to 24	16.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	20.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	5.6%
75 and over	4.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruceville	Monroe City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruceville	Monroe City
No high school diploma	8.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	47.8%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruceville	Monroe City
Drove alone	86.6%	92.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruceville	Monroe City
1-unit, detached	81.7%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bruceville	Monroe City
Poverty rate	10.5%	27.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1938	1964