Brodhead vs Monroe

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

Brodhead 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 3,205 in Brodhead). Monroe has the higher median household income ($67,621 vs $49,531 in Brodhead). Monroe has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $167,600 in Brodhead).

Population, income & housing

	Brodhead	Monroe
Population	3,205	10,568
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,531	$67,621
Median home value	$167,600	$184,400
Median gross rent	$691	$844
Housing units	1,618	5,217
Homeownership rate	65.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brodhead	Monroe
Population	3,240 → 3,205 (-1.1%)	10,625 → 10,568 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$43,649 → $49,531 (+13.5%)	$50,537 → $67,621 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $167,600 (+45.6%)	$126,100 → $184,400 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $691 (-5.0%)	$752 → $844 (+12.2%)

Brodhead

Population

3,2403,205

Median household income

$43,649$49,531

Median home value

$115,100$167,600

Median gross rent

$727$691

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)

	Brodhead	Monroe
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.1%	13.1%
75 and over	12.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brodhead	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brodhead	Monroe
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	52.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brodhead	Monroe
Drove alone	86.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brodhead	Monroe
1-unit, detached	67.1%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Brodhead	Monroe
Poverty rate	16.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1957	1964