Monroe vs Wesley Chapel

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

Monroe and Wesley Chapel 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 8,923 in Wesley Chapel). Wesley Chapel has the higher median household income ($129,962 vs $67,265 in Monroe). Wesley Chapel has the higher median home value ($493,900 vs $270,600 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
Population	35,596	8,923
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,265	$129,962
Median home value	$270,600	$493,900
Median gross rent	$1,216	$2,727
Housing units	12,994	2,972
Homeownership rate	58.4%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
Population	35,105 → 35,596 (+1.4%)	8,974 → 8,923 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$51,754 → $67,265 (+30.0%)	$124,760 → $129,962 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$164,000 → $270,600 (+65.0%)	$348,700 → $493,900 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,216 (+24.0%)	$1,551 → $2,727 (+75.8%)

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

Wesley Chapel

Population

8,9748,923

Median household income

$124,760$129,962

Median home value

$348,700$493,900

Median gross rent

$1,551$2,727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.3%
75 and over	6.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	74.7%
Black or African American	21.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
No high school diploma	18.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
Drove alone	74.9%	67.3%
Carpooled	17.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	22.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
1-unit, detached	71.2%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Wesley Chapel
Poverty rate	13.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.90	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1987	2003