Monroe vs Temperance

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (20,330 vs 8,495 in Temperance). Temperance has the higher median household income ($76,069 vs $59,532 in Monroe). Temperance has the higher median home value ($230,200 vs $161,500 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Temperance
Population	20,330	8,495
Median age	36.9 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,532	$76,069
Median home value	$161,500	$230,200
Median gross rent	$898	$1,270
Housing units	9,013	3,720
Homeownership rate	67.8%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Temperance
Population	19,775 → 20,330 (+2.8%)	8,201 → 8,495 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$46,550 → $59,532 (+27.9%)	$64,616 → $76,069 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $161,500 (+32.1%)	$167,600 → $230,200 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $898 (+21.2%)	$853 → $1,270 (+48.9%)

Monroe

Population

19,77520,330

Median household income

$46,550$59,532

Median home value

$122,300$161,500

Median gross rent

$741$898

Temperance

Population

8,2018,495

Median household income

$64,616$76,069

Median home value

$167,600$230,200

Median gross rent

$853$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Temperance
Under 5	8.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	23.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.0%
75 and over	6.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Temperance
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	84.6%
Black or African American	8.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Temperance
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Temperance
Drove alone	82.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Temperance
1-unit, detached	71.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	9.9%
20 or more units	4.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Temperance
Poverty rate	18.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1953	1977