Monroe vs Richfield

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

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

Richfield has the higher population (8,173 vs 2,570 in Monroe). Richfield has the higher median household income ($77,847 vs $63,807 in Monroe). Richfield has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $267,700 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Richfield
Population	2,570	8,173
Median age	46.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,807	$77,847
Median home value	$267,700	$287,500
Median gross rent	$1,203	$850
Housing units	1,129	2,990
Homeownership rate	87.8%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Richfield
Population	2,493 → 2,570 (+3.1%)	7,731 → 8,173 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $63,807 (+6.8%)	$46,625 → $77,847 (+67.0%)
Median home value	$178,800 → $267,700 (+49.7%)	$180,900 → $287,500 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $1,203 (+103.2%)	$687 → $850 (+23.7%)

Monroe

Population

2,4932,570

Median household income

$59,750$63,807

Median home value

$178,800$267,700

Median gross rent

$592$1,203

Richfield

Population

7,7318,173

Median household income

$46,625$77,847

Median home value

$180,900$287,500

Median gross rent

$687$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Richfield
Under 5	3.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.2%
75 and over	11.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Richfield
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Richfield
Drove alone	73.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	12.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.4%	9.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Richfield
1-unit, detached	83.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Richfield
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	13
Median year structure built	1981	1976