Monroe vs Scotchtown

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

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

Scotchtown has the higher population (10,544 vs 9,466 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($110,806 vs $92,889 in Scotchtown). Monroe has the higher median home value ($404,200 vs $317,400 in Scotchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Scotchtown
Population	9,466	10,544
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,806	$92,889
Median home value	$404,200	$317,400
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,655
Housing units	2,969	4,137
Homeownership rate	82.2%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Scotchtown
Population	8,586 → 9,466 (+10.2%)	9,997 → 10,544 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$117,639 → $110,806 (-5.8%)	$72,824 → $92,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$324,800 → $404,200 (+24.4%)	$248,900 → $317,400 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,637 → $1,984 (+21.2%)	$1,309 → $1,655 (+26.4%)

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

Scotchtown

Population

9,99710,544

Median household income

$72,824$92,889

Median home value

$248,900$317,400

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Scotchtown
Under 5	10.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	16.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.2%	9.2%
75 and over	4.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Scotchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	32.7%
Black or African American	10.2%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	3.3%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Scotchtown
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Scotchtown
Drove alone	71.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	13.7%
Public transit	3.8%	2.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.4%
Other means	3.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Scotchtown
1-unit, detached	73.2%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	21.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Scotchtown
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.6%
Average household size	3.27	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1977	1978