Monroe vs Weddington

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

Monroe and Weddington 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 13,468 in Weddington). Weddington has the higher median household income ($196,159 vs $67,265 in Monroe). Weddington has the higher median home value ($730,200 vs $270,600 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Weddington
Population	35,596	13,468
Median age	36.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,265	$196,159
Median home value	$270,600	$730,200
Median gross rent	$1,216	$2,205
Housing units	12,994	4,408
Homeownership rate	58.4%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Weddington
Population	35,105 → 35,596 (+1.4%)	10,794 → 13,468 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$51,754 → $67,265 (+30.0%)	$136,891 → $196,159 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$164,000 → $270,600 (+65.0%)	$457,900 → $730,200 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,216 (+24.0%)	$1,985 → $2,205 (+11.1%)

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

Weddington

Population

10,79413,468

Median household income

$136,891$196,159

Median home value

$457,900$730,200

Median gross rent

$1,985$2,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Weddington
Under 5	6.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	25.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	21.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.8%
75 and over	6.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Weddington
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	79.5%
Black or African American	21.5%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Weddington
No high school diploma	18.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	28.8%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Weddington
Drove alone	74.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	17.7%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	24.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Weddington
1-unit, detached	71.2%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Weddington
Poverty rate	13.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.90	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1987	1998