Monroe vs New Windsor

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (9,466 vs 8,427 in New Windsor). Monroe has the higher median household income ($110,806 vs $85,755 in New Windsor). Monroe has the higher median home value ($404,200 vs $324,300 in New Windsor).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	New Windsor
Population	9,466	8,427
Median age	32.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,806	$85,755
Median home value	$404,200	$324,300
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,579
Housing units	2,969	3,728
Homeownership rate	82.2%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	New Windsor
Population	8,586 → 9,466 (+10.2%)	9,019 → 8,427 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$117,639 → $110,806 (-5.8%)	$71,282 → $85,755 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$324,800 → $404,200 (+24.4%)	$231,800 → $324,300 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,637 → $1,984 (+21.2%)	$1,272 → $1,579 (+24.1%)

Monroe

Population

8,5869,466

Median household income

$117,639$110,806

Median home value

$324,800$404,200

Median gross rent

$1,637$1,984

New Windsor

Population

9,0198,427

Median household income

$71,282$85,755

Median home value

$231,800$324,300

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	New Windsor
Under 5	10.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	5.2%	10.4%
75 and over	4.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	New Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	60.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	New Windsor
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	21.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	New Windsor
Drove alone	71.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.1%
Public transit	3.8%	4.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.6%
Other means	3.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	New Windsor
1-unit, detached	73.2%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	New Windsor
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.5%
Average household size	3.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1977	1968