Monrovia has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Home is the office for 30% of workers (Maryland 19%). Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Jobs and income earn Monrovia A+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Monrovia, in brief
Monrovia is a place people come home to
There are 230 jobs based in Monrovia, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Monrovia has about 2,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Monrovia
30% of Monrovia workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland. Time on the road ↓
Monrovia workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across Maryland. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Monrovia’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monrovia is among the top U.S. towns, #13 of 261 in Maryland. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment 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 A to A+.
Monrovia quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,364 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Monrovia on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
The trip to work from Monrovia: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monrovia workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,453 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
10% of working residents work in Frederick
Where Monrovia clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Monrovia
230 jobs are based in Monrovia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monrovia, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 230. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Monrovia
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 8% of U.S. towns, #260 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,083 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Monrovia households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monrovia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800, Monrovia comes 58th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Chevy Chase MD | 2,804 | $250K | 2.0% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Weston Lakes TX | 4,570 | $145K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 57 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 58 | Monrovia MD | 3,568 | $207K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 59 | Gambrills MD | 2,830 | $149K | 3.4% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 60 | Forest Hills TN | 4,473 | $250K | 6.7% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Maryland.
Next door to Monrovia
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monrovia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monrovia | – | A+ | D | 37 min | $207,153 |
| Green Valley | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 35 min | $171,707 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monrovia’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$207,153 (±$58,385) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monrovia?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monrovia?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monrovia work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (10%, 9 mi), Rockville (10%, 20 mi), Gaithersburg (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monrovia walkable?
Monrovia is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monrovia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.