Monroe vs Platte Center

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

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

Platte Center has the higher population (327 vs 248 in Monroe). Platte Center has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $66,250 in Monroe). Platte Center has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $115,000 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Platte Center
Population	248	327
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$74,833
Median home value	$115,000	$118,900
Median gross rent	$892	$967
Housing units	110	124
Homeownership rate	79.2%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Platte Center
Population	388 → 248 (-36.1%)	384 → 327 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$60,278 → $66,250 (+9.9%)	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $115,000 (+40.4%)	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $892 (+17.7%)	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)

Monroe

Population

388248

Median household income

$60,278$66,250

Median home value

$81,900$115,000

Median gross rent

$758$892

Platte Center

Population

384327

Median household income

$54,417$74,833

Median home value

$103,400$118,900

Median gross rent

$945$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Platte Center
Under 5	7.7%	11.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	20.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.9%
75 and over	6.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Platte Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Platte Center
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	42.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Platte Center
Drove alone	80.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.5%
Other means	0.8%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Platte Center
1-unit, detached	90.0%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Platte Center
Poverty rate	8.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1955	1944