Monroe vs Wyalusing

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

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

Wyalusing has the higher population (651 vs 562 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $44,091 in Wyalusing). Monroe has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $133,300 in Wyalusing).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Wyalusing
Population	562	651
Median age	39.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$44,091
Median home value	$175,000	$133,300
Median gross rent	$775	$866
Housing units	267	348
Homeownership rate	71.1%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Wyalusing
Population	590 → 562 (-4.7%)	629 → 651 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$55,486 → $57,250 (+3.2%)	$52,679 → $44,091 (-16.3%)
Median home value	$128,500 → $175,000 (+36.2%)	$118,000 → $133,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $775 (-12.2%)	$716 → $866 (+20.9%)

Monroe

Population

590562

Median household income

$55,486$57,250

Median home value

$128,500$175,000

Median gross rent

$883$775

Wyalusing

Population

629651

Median household income

$52,679$44,091

Median home value

$118,000$133,300

Median gross rent

$716$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Wyalusing
Under 5	2.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	5.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.3%
75 and over	8.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Wyalusing
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Wyalusing
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Wyalusing
Drove alone	86.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	1.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Wyalusing
1-unit, detached	80.5%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Wyalusing
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1945	1955