Jefferson vs Monrovia

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

Jefferson 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 2,891 in Jefferson). Monrovia has the higher median household income ($234,712 vs $145,664 in Jefferson). Monrovia has the higher median home value ($761,600 vs $479,400 in Jefferson).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson	Monrovia
Population	2,891	2,924
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$145,664	$234,712
Median home value	$479,400	$761,600
Median gross rent	$1,347	—
Housing units	1,032	915
Homeownership rate	81.0%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	71.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson	Monrovia
Population	2,235 → 2,891 (+29.4%)	903 → 2,924 (+223.8%)
Median household income	$113,491 → $145,664 (+28.3%)	$148,580 → $234,712 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$328,700 → $479,400 (+45.8%)	$539,000 → $761,600 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,347 (+18.6%)	—

Jefferson

Population

2,2352,891

Median household income

$113,491$145,664

Median home value

$328,700$479,400

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,347

Monrovia

Population

9032,924

Median household income

$148,580$234,712

Median home value

$539,000$761,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jefferson	Monrovia
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	22.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.5%
75 and over	5.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson	Monrovia
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	49.0%
Black or African American	6.7%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	30.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson	Monrovia
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	26.9%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson	Monrovia
Drove alone	68.5%	57.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	32.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson	Monrovia
1-unit, detached	78.9%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson	Monrovia
Poverty rate	4.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.83	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1992	2015