Monroe vs Mountlake Terrace

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

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

Mountlake Terrace has the higher population (21,419 vs 19,696 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($107,556 vs $101,404 in Mountlake Terrace). Mountlake Terrace has the higher median home value ($606,100 vs $594,300 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
Population	19,696	21,419
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,556	$101,404
Median home value	$594,300	$606,100
Median gross rent	$1,902	$1,966
Housing units	6,241	9,504
Homeownership rate	70.7%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
Population	18,865 → 19,696 (+4.4%)	21,210 → 21,419 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$85,896 → $107,556 (+25.2%)	$72,955 → $101,404 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$357,000 → $594,300 (+66.5%)	$392,600 → $606,100 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,902 (+36.7%)	$1,464 → $1,966 (+34.3%)

Monroe

Population

18,86519,696

Median household income

$85,896$107,556

Median home value

$357,000$594,300

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,902

Mountlake Terrace

Population

21,21021,419

Median household income

$72,955$101,404

Median home value

$392,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
Under 5	8.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	20.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.3%
75 and over	3.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	60.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	7.4%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	26.7%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
Drove alone	69.6%	61.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.7%
Public transit	1.7%	4.2%
Walked	2.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.7%	22.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
1-unit, detached	70.9%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	18.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Mountlake Terrace
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1996	1971