Emmitsburg vs Monrovia

A side-by-side comparison of Emmitsburg and Monrovia: population, income, housing, and more.

Emmitsburg and Monrovia are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monrovia has the higher population (2,924 vs 2,855 in Emmitsburg). Monrovia has the higher median household income ($234,712 vs $78,986 in Emmitsburg). Monrovia has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $300,900 in Emmitsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
Population	2,855	2,924
Median age	39.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,986	$234,712
Median home value	$300,900	$761,600
Median gross rent	$777	—
Housing units	1,119	915
Homeownership rate	73.2%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	71.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
Population	3,098 → 2,855 (-7.8%)	903 → 2,924 (+223.8%)
Median household income	$70,917 → $78,986 (+11.4%)	$148,580 → $234,712 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$246,800 → $300,900 (+21.9%)	$539,000 → $761,600 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $777 (-8.3%)	—

Emmitsburg

Population

3,0982,855

Median household income

$70,917$78,986

Median home value

$246,800$300,900

Median gross rent

$847$777

Monrovia

Population

9032,924

Median household income

$148,580$234,712

Median home value

$539,000$761,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	22.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.5%
75 and over	13.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	49.0%
Black or African American	5.9%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	30.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
No high school diploma	12.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
Drove alone	71.5%	57.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	32.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
1-unit, detached	74.9%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emmitsburg	Monrovia
Poverty rate	11.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	34	40
Median year structure built	1991	2015