Albany vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (10,568 vs 1,065 in Albany). Albany has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $67,621 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $166,800 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Monroe
Population	1,065	10,568
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$67,621
Median home value	$166,800	$184,400
Median gross rent	$864	$844
Housing units	448	5,217
Homeownership rate	59.7%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Monroe
Population	1,153 → 1,065 (-7.6%)	10,625 → 10,568 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,456 → $71,875 (+48.3%)	$50,537 → $67,621 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $166,800 (+27.0%)	$126,100 → $184,400 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $864 (+24.0%)	$752 → $844 (+12.2%)

Albany

Population

1,1531,065

Median household income

$48,456$71,875

Median home value

$131,300$166,800

Median gross rent

$697$864

Monroe

Population

10,62510,568

Median household income

$50,537$67,621

Median home value

$126,100$184,400

Median gross rent

$752$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Monroe
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	13.1%
75 and over	4.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Monroe
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Monroe
Drove alone	91.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Monroe
1-unit, detached	64.1%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	8.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Monroe
Poverty rate	10.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1938	1964