Monroe vs Orange Lake

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

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

Orange Lake has the higher population (9,588 vs 9,466 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($110,806 vs $94,394 in Orange Lake). Monroe has the higher median home value ($404,200 vs $330,600 in Orange Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Orange Lake
Population	9,466	9,588
Median age	32.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,806	$94,394
Median home value	$404,200	$330,600
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,924
Housing units	2,969	3,869
Homeownership rate	82.2%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Orange Lake
Population	8,586 → 9,466 (+10.2%)	6,434 → 9,588 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$117,639 → $110,806 (-5.8%)	$93,008 → $94,394 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$324,800 → $404,200 (+24.4%)	$251,300 → $330,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,637 → $1,984 (+21.2%)	$1,730 → $1,924 (+11.2%)

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

Orange Lake

Population

6,4349,588

Median household income

$93,008$94,394

Median home value

$251,300$330,600

Median gross rent

$1,730$1,924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Orange Lake
Under 5	10.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	9.1%
75 and over	4.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Orange Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	48.7%
Black or African American	10.2%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Orange Lake
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Orange Lake
Drove alone	71.7%	69.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	8.2%
Public transit	3.8%	5.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	13.9%
Other means	3.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Orange Lake
1-unit, detached	73.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Orange Lake
Poverty rate	9.3%	8.6%
Average household size	3.27	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1977	1981