Edwardsport vs Monroe City

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

Edwardsport 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 357 in Edwardsport). Monroe City has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $51,250 in Edwardsport). Monroe City has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $53,900 in Edwardsport).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
Population	357	816
Median age	39.1 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$70,250
Median home value	$53,900	$97,500
Median gross rent	$950	$1,017
Housing units	155	319
Homeownership rate	92.5%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
Population	340 → 357 (+5.0%)	715 → 816 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)	$61,364 → $70,250 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $53,900 (+12.5%)	$75,500 → $97,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)	$846 → $1,017 (+20.2%)

Edwardsport

Population

340357

Median household income

$48,750$51,250

Median home value

$47,900$53,900

Median gross rent

$825$950

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)

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
Under 5	3.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	20.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	18.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.6%
75 and over	10.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
Drove alone	85.1%	92.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
1-unit, detached	95.5%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsport	Monroe City
Poverty rate	22.6%	27.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1964