City safety & data profile
MonmouthOR
Monmouth, OR is a 10K-resident city in Polk County with a median household income of $69,170.
Polk County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Monmouth, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Monmouth has a population larger than 0% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $413,200, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 10K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 1%
- By size
- $69,170
- Median income (place)
- $413,200
- Median home (place)
- 16.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Monmouth
Monmouth posts a median household income higher than 36% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Monmouth area.
- Bottom 37%
- by median income, US cities
- 4
- hospitals in & near Monmouth
Composite score · Monmouth, OR
36/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Monmouth stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Monmouth income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$69,170 Bottom 36% higher than 36% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: OR
Ranked by headcount across the 57 OR places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- Portland
Portland, OR
652,503 residents
- Eugene 176,654
Eugene, OR
176,654 residents
- Salem 175,535
Salem, OR
175,535 residents
- Gresham 110,553
Gresham, OR
110,553 residents
- Hillsboro 102,347
Hillsboro, OR
102,347 residents
- Beaverton 96,577
Beaverton, OR
96,577 residents
- Bend 87,014
Bend, OR
87,014 residents
- Medford 79,805
Medford, OR
79,805 residents
- Springfield 60,870
Springfield, OR
60,870 residents
- Corvallis 55,780
Corvallis, OR
55,780 residents
What this shows Portland is the largest OR city on this list; Bethany leads median income.
Top earners by city in OR
Median household income across 57 tracked OR places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Bethany
Bethany, OR
$167,735 median
- Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill, OR
$164,079 median
- West Linn
West Linn, OR
$146,507 median
- Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR
$141,549 median
- Oak Hills
Oak Hills, OR
$127,179 median
- Damascus
Damascus, OR
$122,500 median
- Happy Valley
Happy Valley, OR
$122,151 median
- Sherwood
Sherwood, OR
$109,966 median
- Sandy
Sandy, OR
$108,984 median
- Tigard
Tigard, OR
$108,823 median
What this shows Bethany posts the highest place-level median income in OR; Portland is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Monmouth, OR beyond the headline numbers
Monmouth sits inside Polk County, Oregon, at roughly 44.85°N, -123.23°W. Population 10,032, $69,170 median household income. Median home value $413,200, median rent $1,114. Poverty rate 16.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
4 hospitals in/around Monmouth (nearest 7.9 mi away), 3.5/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER. Climate: 53.1°F annual average, 47.9" precipitation.
Monmouth's median age is 27.1 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 13.1% in Monmouth, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Monmouth costs around 6.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
7.1% unemployment puts Monmouth in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
Poverty in Monmouth, OR stands at 16.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Median rent in Monmouth, OR runs $1,114/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
27.3% of Monmouth adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 10.6% of Monmouth workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Monmouth from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Polk County): Monmouth's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
The clearest outlier in Monmouth's numbers is poverty rate: 16.1%, which is 30% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median rent runs 28% below average too, at $1,114/mo.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 16.1% +30% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 27.3% |
| Work From Home | 10.6% |
| Public Transit | 1.2% |
Population Snapshot
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearest Hospitals 4 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20243.6% above national average
Metro area: Salem, OR (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-levelPolk County has recorded 8 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $104K in payouts since 2016.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Monmouth?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Monmouth right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-MONMOUTH · Monmouth
Monmouth: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-TRACE 2 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose
Tagged alert mix: Monmouth
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
2
What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Monmouth.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Monmouth; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
Cities tracking a comparable alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Monmouth, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (16.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($69,170 here).
Compare Monmouth with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
Using Monmouth's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Monmouth area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Monmouth against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Polk County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.