City safety & data profile

MonroeGA

Monroe, GA is a 14K-resident city in Walton County with a median household income of $44,656.

Walton County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Monroe, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Monroe has a population larger than 21% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $259,300, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 22%
By size
$44,656
Median income (place)
$259,300
Median home (place)
33.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Monroe

Monroe posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Monroe area.

Bottom 5%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Monroe

Where Monroe income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$44,656 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Monroe $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Monroe, GA beyond the headline numbers

Monroe sits inside Walton County, Georgia, at roughly 33.79°N, -83.71°W. Population 13,641, $44,656 median household income. Median home value $259,300, median rent $1,105. Poverty rate 33.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Monroe, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

33.8% of Monroe, GA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Monroe costs around 5.8 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.

Remote work covers 12% of Monroe workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5% in Monroe, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Monroe's median age is 30.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Monroe 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.

Population (place)
13,641
Monroe · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$44,656
-50% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$259,300
-37% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Walton County): Monroe'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.

20132024
Population
103K+22%
Median Income
$84,945+62%
Median Home Value
$339,500+116%
Poverty Rate
11.9%-14%
Unemployment
5.3%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Monroe, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,105/mo
Poverty Rate
33.8% +173% vs avg
Unemployment 11.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.1%
Work From Home 12%
Public Transit 1.1%

Population

White 48.6%
African American 41%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
44.1%
High Blood Pressure
42.5%
Short Sleep Duration
41.1%
Physical Inactivity
36.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.7%
Current Smoking
20.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
17.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.5%
Diabetes
16.5%
Binge Drinking
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 47.4%
Annual Checkup 78.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.6%
Stroke
5%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
★★★
0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
PIEDMONT WALTON HOSPITAL
MONROE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Monroe?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Monroe right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet GA-MONROE-GA · Monroe

Monroe: 21 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 21 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 16 · El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Monroe

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 21 tagged notices on record for Monroe.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ5)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Monroe; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (21 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Monroe, GA? ▼
Monroe, GA has a population of 13,641 people, located in Walton County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Monroe? ▼
The median household income in Monroe, GA is $44,656 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 33.8%.
What is the median home value in Monroe? ▼
The median home value in Monroe, GA is $259,300. Median rent is $1,105/month.
What are the top health concerns in Monroe? ▼
The top health indicators in Monroe include Obesity (44.1%), High Blood Pressure (42.5%), Short Sleep Duration (41.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Monroe? ▼
Monroe has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Monroe? ▼
The median age in Monroe, GA is 30.7 years. 16.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Monroe, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (33.8% here).

Natchez, MS 33.7% Saginaw, MI 34% Flint, MI 34.1% Muskegon Heights, MI 34.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($44,656 here).

Mount Pleasant, MI $44,706 Morgantown, WV $44,727 Muskegon, MI $44,735 Rio Grande City, TX $44,577

Compare Monroe with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Loganville, GA 11K Winder, GA 15K Covington, GA 14K Snellville, GA 20K Lawrenceville, GA 30K Conyers, GA 16K Jefferson, GA 10K Athens, GA 127K
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Using Monroe'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 Monroe area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Monroe against Georgia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Georgia

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 (Walton 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.