Monroe vs Sully

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

Monroe and Sully 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 1,092 in Sully). Sully has the higher median household income ($86,576 vs $81,488 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median home value ($173,500 vs $165,600 in Sully).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Sully
Population	2,074	1,092
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,488	$86,576
Median home value	$173,500	$165,600
Median gross rent	$780	$940
Housing units	882	440
Homeownership rate	75.7%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Sully
Population	1,733 → 2,074 (+19.7%)	828 → 1,092 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $81,488 (+40.7%)	$69,250 → $86,576 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $173,500 (+41.4%)	$121,100 → $165,600 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $780 (+23.0%)	$722 → $940 (+30.2%)

Monroe

Population

1,7332,074

Median household income

$57,917$81,488

Median home value

$122,700$173,500

Median gross rent

$634$780

Sully

Population

8281,092

Median household income

$69,250$86,576

Median home value

$121,100$165,600

Median gross rent

$722$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Sully
Under 5	4.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.0%
75 and over	5.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Sully
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Sully
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Sully
Drove alone	90.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Sully
1-unit, detached	81.7%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Sully
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1965	1965