Alpine vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (897 vs 230 in Alpine). Monroe has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $56,458 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $292,700 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Monroe
Population	230	897
Median age	60.0 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$66,875
Median home value	$528,100	$292,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	84	294
Homeownership rate	84.5%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Monroe
Population	183 → 230 (+25.7%)	640 → 897 (+40.2%)
Median household income	$50,380 → $56,458 (+12.1%)	$50,000 → $66,875 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$466,000 → $528,100 (+13.3%)	$156,700 → $292,700 (+86.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$748 → $1,125 (+50.4%)

Alpine

Population

183230

Median household income

$50,380$56,458

Median home value

$466,000$528,100

Monroe

Population

640897

Median household income

$50,000$66,875

Median home value

$156,700$292,700

Median gross rent

$748$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Monroe
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	27.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	23.0%	4.2%
65 to 74	35.7%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	45.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	16.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Monroe
No high school diploma	13.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Monroe
Drove alone	55.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	28.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Monroe
1-unit, detached	81.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Monroe
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.74	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1974	1985