Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0For about two in five of its working residents, Monrovia is a commute to Indianapolis
Only 6% work in Monrovia itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (41%, 22 miles). Monrovia grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Monrovia, in brief
41% of Monrovia works in Indianapolis
372 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 22 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Monrovia itself. The commute map ↓
Monrovia workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Monrovia
65% of Monrovia residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Monrovia pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 912 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Monrovia’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monrovia is better than 82% of U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Monrovia’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monrovia could be anywhere from B to A.
Out of Monrovia to work: where people go
Where Monrovia clocks in
41% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Monrovia takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monrovia workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 871 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Monrovia
538 jobs are based in Monrovia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monrovia, 2013 → 2023: 494 → 538. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monrovia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Monrovia, and who commutes in
On a workday 861 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Monrovia on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Monrovia’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Monrovia, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monrovia is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Monrovia near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,021 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Monrovia households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monrovia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Monrovia is 728th among 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 188 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 726 | High Bridge WA | 3,196 | $167K | 9.5% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 727 | La Salle CO | 2,304 | $96K | 7.9% | 1.5% | 3% | A− |
| 728 | Monrovia IN | 2,485 | $92K | 6.4% | 2.4% | 6% | A− |
| 729 | Riverside PA | 1,991 | $84K | 4.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 730 | Milaca Township MN | 1,702 | $100K | 4.4% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Monrovia, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Monrovia: questions
What is the median household income in Monrovia?
$92,344 (±$19,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monrovia?
6.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monrovia?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monrovia work?
6% work in town.
Is Monrovia walkable?
Monrovia is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monrovia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monrovia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monrovia
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.