Monroeville vs Plum

A side-by-side comparison of Monroeville and Plum: population, income, housing, and more.

Monroeville and Plum are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monroeville has the higher population (28,383 vs 26,873 in Plum). Plum has the higher median household income ($98,475 vs $78,191 in Monroeville). Plum has the higher median home value ($218,600 vs $197,400 in Monroeville).

Population, income & housing

	Monroeville	Plum
Population	28,383	26,873
Median age	43.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,191	$98,475
Median home value	$197,400	$218,600
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,156
Housing units	13,482	11,476
Homeownership rate	68.4%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroeville	Plum
Population	27,687 → 28,383 (+2.5%)	27,195 → 26,873 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$68,743 → $78,191 (+13.7%)	$78,709 → $98,475 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $197,400 (+31.3%)	$153,700 → $218,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,162 (+10.6%)	$948 → $1,156 (+21.9%)

Monroeville

Population

27,68728,383

Median household income

$68,743$78,191

Median home value

$150,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,162

Plum

Population

27,19526,873

Median household income

$78,709$98,475

Median home value

$153,700$218,600

Median gross rent

$948$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroeville	Plum
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.6%
75 and over	10.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroeville	Plum
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	15.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroeville	Plum
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	24.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroeville	Plum
Drove alone	66.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.5%
Public transit	2.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	21.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroeville	Plum
1-unit, detached	64.8%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	3.7%
20 or more units	14.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Monroeville	Plum
Poverty rate	9.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1969	1971