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Monroe County, OH

Demographic and economic profile of Monroe County, OH, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Monroe County is a small rural Ohio county of 13,308 residents with a GDP per capita of $75,461—well above its per capita income of $33,856—suggesting output concentrated in capital- or resource-intensive industries rather than broad wage employment. The labor force participation rate is low at 53.1%, unemployment sits at 6.0%, and just 10.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, pointing to a workforce that is modest in size and skewed toward lower-credentialed occupations with median worker earnings of $36,511. Population has declined 5.6% over five years, but housing costs remain very low, with a median home value of $132,000 and median gross rent of $626 per month, alongside an 82.4% homeownership rate.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

13,308

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$60,134

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

46.3 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-5.6% since 2018

Monroe County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone12,610 (95.3%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races331 (2.5%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race134 (1.0%)
  • Black or African American Alone58 (0.4%)
  • Asian Alone53 (0.4%)
  • Some Other Race Alone37 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.German or other West Germanic83
  2. 2.Other Asian and Pacific Island61
  3. 3.Spanish34
  4. 4.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)28
  5. 5.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

20.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

56.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

23.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

0.6%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

833

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$75,461

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$33,856

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

6.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

15.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,261
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)714
  3. 3.Construction (Group)564
  4. 4.Retail Trade (Group)521
  5. 5.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining502

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,569
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,199
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations1,068
  4. 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations931
  5. 5.Service Occupations768

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 5.64×)489
  2. 2.Construction (LQ 1.44×)541
  3. 3.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.44×)457
  4. 4.Manufacturing (LQ 1.19×)644
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.03×)607

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$132,000

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$626/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

79.9%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,999702 (15.5%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999447 (9.9%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999430 (9.5%)
  • $125,000 to $149,999422 (9.3%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999338 (7.5%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999327 (7.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

10.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

90.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

53.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$36,511

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

33.3 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

9.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone4,482 (82.5%)
  • Carpooled508 (9.4%)
  • Worked At Home274 (5.0%)
  • Walked118 (2.2%)
  • Other48 (0.9%)
  • Public Transit0 (0.0%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.