Hamilton vs Monroe

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

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

Hamilton has the higher population (63,124 vs 15,024 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($103,638 vs $54,293 in Hamilton). Monroe has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $152,300 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Monroe
Population	63,124	15,024
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,293	$103,638
Median home value	$152,300	$264,000
Median gross rent	$974	$1,575
Housing units	27,208	5,396
Homeownership rate	54.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Monroe
Population	62,182 → 63,124 (+1.5%)	14,211 → 15,024 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$47,064 → $54,293 (+15.4%)	$86,935 → $103,638 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $152,300 (+42.1%)	$180,800 → $264,000 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $974 (+20.4%)	$1,072 → $1,575 (+46.9%)

Hamilton

Population

62,18263,124

Median household income

$47,064$54,293

Median home value

$107,200$152,300

Median gross rent

$809$974

Monroe

Population

14,21115,024

Median household income

$86,935$103,638

Median home value

$180,800$264,000

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamilton	Monroe
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.1%
75 and over	5.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Monroe
No high school diploma	14.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	42.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Monroe
Drove alone	76.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	15.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Monroe
1-unit, detached	70.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Monroe
Poverty rate	18.8%	3.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1956	2001