Monroe vs Waxhaw

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

Monroe and Waxhaw 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 21,565 in Waxhaw). Waxhaw has the higher median household income ($128,115 vs $67,265 in Monroe). Waxhaw has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $270,600 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Waxhaw
Population	35,596	21,565
Median age	36.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,265	$128,115
Median home value	$270,600	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,770
Housing units	12,994	6,846
Homeownership rate	58.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Waxhaw
Population	35,105 → 35,596 (+1.4%)	15,237 → 21,565 (+41.5%)
Median household income	$51,754 → $67,265 (+30.0%)	$111,642 → $128,115 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$164,000 → $270,600 (+65.0%)	$329,400 → $506,300 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,216 (+24.0%)	$1,446 → $1,770 (+22.4%)

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

Waxhaw

Population

15,23721,565

Median household income

$111,642$128,115

Median home value

$329,400$506,300

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Waxhaw
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	28.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	19.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.9%
75 and over	6.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Waxhaw
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	68.2%
Black or African American	21.5%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Waxhaw
No high school diploma	18.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Waxhaw
Drove alone	74.9%	61.6%
Carpooled	17.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	27.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Waxhaw
1-unit, detached	71.2%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Waxhaw
Poverty rate	13.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.90	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1987	2009