Monroe vs Port Jervis

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

Monroe and Port Jervis 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 8,709 in Port Jervis). Monroe has the higher median household income ($110,806 vs $50,721 in Port Jervis). Monroe has the higher median home value ($404,200 vs $220,700 in Port Jervis).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Port Jervis
Population	9,466	8,709
Median age	32.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,806	$50,721
Median home value	$404,200	$220,700
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,247
Housing units	2,969	3,896
Homeownership rate	82.2%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Port Jervis
Population	8,586 → 9,466 (+10.2%)	8,595 → 8,709 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$117,639 → $110,806 (-5.8%)	$47,531 → $50,721 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$324,800 → $404,200 (+24.4%)	$145,000 → $220,700 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,637 → $1,984 (+21.2%)	$1,021 → $1,247 (+22.1%)

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

Port Jervis

Population

8,5958,709

Median household income

$47,531$50,721

Median home value

$145,000$220,700

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Port Jervis
Under 5	10.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	12.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	9.9%
75 and over	4.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Port Jervis
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	60.1%
Black or African American	10.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	3.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Port Jervis
No high school diploma	11.3%	13.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Port Jervis
Drove alone	71.7%	66.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	13.1%
Public transit	3.8%	2.1%
Walked	0.6%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.1%
Other means	3.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Port Jervis
1-unit, detached	73.2%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Port Jervis
Poverty rate	9.3%	20.7%
Average household size	3.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1977	1938