Monroe vs Stallings

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (35,596 vs 16,495 in Stallings). Stallings has the higher median household income ($106,074 vs $67,265 in Monroe). Stallings has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $270,600 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Stallings
Population	35,596	16,495
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,265	$106,074
Median home value	$270,600	$381,700
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,749
Housing units	12,994	6,200
Homeownership rate	58.4%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Stallings
Population	35,105 → 35,596 (+1.4%)	15,554 → 16,495 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$51,754 → $67,265 (+30.0%)	$85,193 → $106,074 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$164,000 → $270,600 (+65.0%)	$250,300 → $381,700 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,216 (+24.0%)	$1,464 → $1,749 (+19.5%)

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

Stallings

Population

15,55416,495

Median household income

$85,193$106,074

Median home value

$250,300$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Stallings
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Stallings
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	73.4%
Black or African American	21.5%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Stallings
No high school diploma	18.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Stallings
Drove alone	74.9%	66.7%
Carpooled	17.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	23.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Stallings
1-unit, detached	71.2%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Stallings
Poverty rate	13.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1987	2002