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Monroe, NY
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Monroe profile


Living in Monroe



Monroe is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 9,500 people and four associated neighborhoods, Monroe is the 195th largest community in New York.

Also of interest is that Monroe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Monroe is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Monroe really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Monroe perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Monroe is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Monroe, the average commute to work is 33.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small village, Monroe has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Monroe ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Monroe, 40.52% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Monroe in 2018 was $43,669, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $174,676 for a family of four. However, Monroe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Monroe is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Monroe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monroe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Monroe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.31% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Monroe include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Monroe's cultural character, accounting for 19.98% of the village’s population.

The most common language spoken in Monroe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.