Monroe vs New Glarus

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

Monroe and New Glarus 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 2,276 in New Glarus). New Glarus has the higher median household income ($98,224 vs $67,621 in Monroe). New Glarus has the higher median home value ($267,600 vs $184,400 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Monroe	New Glarus
Population	10,568	2,276
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,621	$98,224
Median home value	$184,400	$267,600
Median gross rent	$844	$968
Housing units	5,217	961
Homeownership rate	63.1%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroe	New Glarus
Population	10,625 → 10,568 (-0.5%)	1,990 → 2,276 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$50,537 → $67,621 (+33.8%)	$68,864 → $98,224 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $184,400 (+46.2%)	$165,100 → $267,600 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $844 (+12.2%)	$793 → $968 (+22.1%)

Monroe

Population

10,62510,568

Median household income

$50,537$67,621

Median home value

$126,100$184,400

Median gross rent

$752$844

New Glarus

Population

1,9902,276

Median household income

$68,864$98,224

Median home value

$165,100$267,600

Median gross rent

$793$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroe	New Glarus
Under 5	5.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.0%
75 and over	8.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroe	New Glarus
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroe	New Glarus
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroe	New Glarus
Drove alone	80.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroe	New Glarus
1-unit, detached	62.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	7.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Monroe	New Glarus
Poverty rate	6.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1964	1958