Ambridge vs Monaca

A side-by-side comparison of Ambridge and Monaca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ambridge has the higher population (6,912 vs 5,557 in Monaca). Monaca has the higher median household income ($64,839 vs $50,978 in Ambridge). Monaca has the higher median home value ($142,100 vs $94,000 in Ambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Ambridge	Monaca
Population	6,912	5,557
Median age	42.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,978	$64,839
Median home value	$94,000	$142,100
Median gross rent	$910	$773
Housing units	3,855	2,651
Homeownership rate	46.1%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambridge	Monaca
Population	6,707 → 6,912 (+3.1%)	5,521 → 5,557 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$41,377 → $50,978 (+23.2%)	$39,974 → $64,839 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $94,000 (+31.7%)	$122,000 → $142,100 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $910 (+30.6%)	$601 → $773 (+28.6%)

Ambridge

Population

6,7076,912

Median household income

$41,377$50,978

Median home value

$71,400$94,000

Median gross rent

$697$910

Monaca

Population

5,5215,557

Median household income

$39,974$64,839

Median home value

$122,000$142,100

Median gross rent

$601$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ambridge	Monaca
Under 5	3.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.0%
75 and over	5.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambridge	Monaca
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	13.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambridge	Monaca
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambridge	Monaca
Drove alone	71.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.6%
Public transit	3.5%	0.7%
Walked	4.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambridge	Monaca
1-unit, detached	59.7%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ambridge	Monaca
Poverty rate	15.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1938	1951