Monroe vs Salina

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (2,570 vs 2,521 in Salina). Salina has the higher median household income ($64,464 vs $63,807 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median home value ($267,700 vs $257,200 in Salina).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Salina
Population	2,570	2,521
Median age	46.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,807	$64,464
Median home value	$267,700	$257,200
Median gross rent	$1,203	$695
Housing units	1,129	1,007
Homeownership rate	87.8%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Salina
Population	2,493 → 2,570 (+3.1%)	2,580 → 2,521 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $63,807 (+6.8%)	$54,286 → $64,464 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$178,800 → $267,700 (+49.7%)	$124,200 → $257,200 (+107.1%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $1,203 (+103.2%)	$714 → $695 (-2.7%)

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

Salina

Population

2,5802,521

Median household income

$54,286$64,464

Median home value

$124,200$257,200

Median gross rent

$714$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Salina
Under 5	3.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.7%
75 and over	11.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Salina
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Salina
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	28.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Salina
Drove alone	73.2%	86.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Salina
1-unit, detached	83.0%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Salina
Poverty rate	10.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1981	1972