Charleroi vs Monongahela

A side-by-side comparison of Charleroi and Monongahela: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charleroi has the higher population (4,203 vs 4,113 in Monongahela). Monongahela has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $43,487 in Charleroi). Monongahela has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $56,200 in Charleroi).

Population, income & housing

	Charleroi	Monongahela
Population	4,203	4,113
Median age	36.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,487	$55,500
Median home value	$56,200	$119,300
Median gross rent	$845	$817
Housing units	2,309	2,245
Homeownership rate	47.7%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleroi	Monongahela
Population	3,953 → 4,203 (+6.3%)	4,138 → 4,113 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$34,866 → $43,487 (+24.7%)	$48,986 → $55,500 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$39,500 → $56,200 (+42.3%)	$81,800 → $119,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $845 (+22.8%)	$676 → $817 (+20.9%)

Charleroi

Population

3,9534,203

Median household income

$34,866$43,487

Median home value

$39,500$56,200

Median gross rent

$688$845

Monongahela

Population

4,1384,113

Median household income

$48,986$55,500

Median home value

$81,800$119,300

Median gross rent

$676$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleroi	Monongahela
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	14.3%
75 and over	7.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleroi	Monongahela
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	11.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleroi	Monongahela
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	41.7%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleroi	Monongahela
Drove alone	67.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	17.2%	5.6%
Public transit	2.6%	1.2%
Walked	5.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleroi	Monongahela
1-unit, detached	60.7%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	8.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Charleroi	Monongahela
Poverty rate	29.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938