Monroe City vs Wheatland

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

Monroe City and Wheatland 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 352 in Wheatland). Monroe City has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $47,500 in Wheatland). Monroe City has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $58,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe City	Wheatland
Population	816	352
Median age	33.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,250	$47,500
Median home value	$97,500	$58,600
Median gross rent	$1,017	$683
Housing units	319	183
Homeownership rate	63.8%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe City	Wheatland
Population	715 → 816 (+14.1%)	474 → 352 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$61,364 → $70,250 (+14.5%)	$42,292 → $47,500 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $97,500 (+29.1%)	$55,000 → $58,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,017 (+20.2%)	$612 → $683 (+11.6%)

Monroe City

Population

715816

Median household income

$61,364$70,250

Median home value

$75,500$97,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,017

Wheatland

Population

474352

Median household income

$42,292$47,500

Median home value

$55,000$58,600

Median gross rent

$612$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe City	Wheatland
Under 5	7.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	20.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	18.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	15.3%
75 and over	4.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe City	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	97.4%
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	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe City	Wheatland
No high school diploma	2.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	52.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe City	Wheatland
Drove alone	92.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe City	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	95.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Monroe City	Wheatland
Poverty rate	27.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1964	1949