Monroe vs Mukilteo

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

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

Mukilteo has the higher population (21,312 vs 19,696 in Monroe). Mukilteo has the higher median household income ($122,612 vs $107,556 in Monroe). Mukilteo has the higher median home value ($830,000 vs $594,300 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	Mukilteo
Population	19,696	21,312
Median age	35.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,556	$122,612
Median home value	$594,300	$830,000
Median gross rent	$1,902	$2,127
Housing units	6,241	8,492
Homeownership rate	70.7%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	Mukilteo
Population	18,865 → 19,696 (+4.4%)	21,336 → 21,312 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$85,896 → $107,556 (+25.2%)	$108,536 → $122,612 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$357,000 → $594,300 (+66.5%)	$582,700 → $830,000 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,902 (+36.7%)	$1,796 → $2,127 (+18.4%)

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

Mukilteo

Population

21,33621,312

Median household income

$108,536$122,612

Median home value

$582,700$830,000

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,127

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	Mukilteo
Under 5	8.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	20.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	11.3%
75 and over	3.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	Mukilteo
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	60.6%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	7.4%	20.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	Mukilteo
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	Mukilteo
Drove alone	69.6%	60.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.2%
Public transit	1.7%	1.9%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.7%	25.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	Mukilteo
1-unit, detached	70.9%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	19.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	Mukilteo
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1996	1990