Baxter vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (2,074 vs 1,251 in Baxter). Monroe has the higher median household income ($81,488 vs $60,625 in Baxter). Monroe has the higher median home value ($173,500 vs $162,300 in Baxter).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Monroe
Population	1,251	2,074
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$81,488
Median home value	$162,300	$173,500
Median gross rent	$693	$780
Housing units	480	882
Homeownership rate	75.2%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Monroe
Population	1,004 → 1,251 (+24.6%)	1,733 → 2,074 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $60,625 (+2.3%)	$57,917 → $81,488 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $162,300 (+27.0%)	$122,700 → $173,500 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $693 (+0.0%)	$634 → $780 (+23.0%)

Baxter

Population

1,0041,251

Median household income

$59,276$60,625

Median home value

$127,800$162,300

Median gross rent

$693$693

Monroe

Population

1,7332,074

Median household income

$57,917$81,488

Median home value

$122,700$173,500

Median gross rent

$634$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Monroe
Under 5	10.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.7%
75 and over	7.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Monroe
No high school diploma	8.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Monroe
Drove alone	83.9%	90.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Monroe
1-unit, detached	80.0%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Monroe
Poverty rate	15.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1969	1965