Indian Trail vs Monroe

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

Indian Trail and Monroe are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Indian Trail has the higher population (41,146 vs 35,596 in Monroe). Indian Trail has the higher median household income ($99,073 vs $67,265 in Monroe). Indian Trail has the higher median home value ($343,500 vs $270,600 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Trail	Monroe
Population	41,146	35,596
Median age	35.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$99,073	$67,265
Median home value	$343,500	$270,600
Median gross rent	$1,916	$1,216
Housing units	14,262	12,994
Homeownership rate	80.3%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Trail	Monroe
Population	38,822 → 41,146 (+6.0%)	35,105 → 35,596 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$83,905 → $99,073 (+18.1%)	$51,754 → $67,265 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $343,500 (+59.0%)	$164,000 → $270,600 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,411 → $1,916 (+35.8%)	$981 → $1,216 (+24.0%)

Indian Trail

Population

38,82241,146

Median household income

$83,905$99,073

Median home value

$216,100$343,500

Median gross rent

$1,411$1,916

Monroe

Population

35,10535,596

Median household income

$51,754$67,265

Median home value

$164,000$270,600

Median gross rent

$981$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Trail	Monroe
Under 5	6.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	7.8%
75 and over	3.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Trail	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	42.5%
Black or African American	10.3%	21.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Trail	Monroe
No high school diploma	7.0%	18.5%
High school graduate	23.5%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Trail	Monroe
Drove alone	73.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	17.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.4%	5.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Trail	Monroe
1-unit, detached	89.4%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Indian Trail	Monroe
Poverty rate	6.7%	13.9%
Average household size	3.05	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	2004	1987