Middletown vs Monroe

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (50,607 vs 15,024 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($103,638 vs $54,985 in Middletown). Monroe has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $148,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Monroe
Population	50,607	15,024
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,985	$103,638
Median home value	$148,300	$264,000
Median gross rent	$974	$1,575
Housing units	22,585	5,396
Homeownership rate	54.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Monroe
Population	48,621 → 50,607 (+4.1%)	14,211 → 15,024 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$40,347 → $54,985 (+36.3%)	$86,935 → $103,638 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $148,300 (+51.8%)	$180,800 → $264,000 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $974 (+23.9%)	$1,072 → $1,575 (+46.9%)

Middletown

Population

48,62150,607

Median household income

$40,347$54,985

Median home value

$97,700$148,300

Median gross rent

$786$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)

	Middletown	Monroe
Under 5	5.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.1%
75 and over	6.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	13.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Monroe
No high school diploma	14.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	40.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Monroe
Drove alone	80.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	15.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Monroe
1-unit, detached	66.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Monroe
Poverty rate	19.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1962	2001