Monroe North’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Monroe North are A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 0.8% of residents, where Washington as a whole has 9.9%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 94.7 in Seattle.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Monroe North: the figures worth knowing
Stores, warehouses and trucking
86% of the jobs in Monroe North are in trade, transport and utilities, against 15% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Monroe North
79% of Monroe North residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Monroe North pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 100% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Monroe North’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Monroe North is Seattle, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (127) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 818 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Monroe North’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Monroe North is better than 98% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Monroe North’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Monroe North could be anywhere from A to A+.
What Monroe North’s employers do
656 jobs are based in Monroe North.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe North, 2013 → 2023: 353 → 656. 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 Monroe North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Monroe North to work
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.
Who works in Monroe North, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 816 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Monroe North on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Seattle
Where Monroe North clocks in
16% 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Monroe North
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe North workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 694 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Monroe North is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe North is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Monroe North 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 886 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 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 0.0% of Monroe North households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monroe North’s commuters take a bus or train.
Monroe North places 108th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 28 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Myersville MD | 1,885 | $150K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 107 | Newlin Township PA | 1,361 | $160K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 108 | Monroe North WA | 1,456 | $170K | 0.8% | 3.7% | <1% | A+ |
| 109 | Allentown NJ | 1,741 | $121K | 4.4% | 3.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 110 | East Nantmeal Township PA | 1,858 | $159K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Monroe North, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Next door to Monroe North
The biggest share goes to Monroe (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe North workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe North | – | A+ | A− | 33 min | $169,844 |
| Monroe | 8% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $110,461 |
| Chain Lake | under 2% | A | C+ | 38 min | $161,286 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monroe North’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 Monroe North: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe North?
$169,844 (±$52,528) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe North?
0.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe North?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe North work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seattle (16%, 25 mi), Redmond (12%, 15 mi), Monroe (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe North walkable?
Monroe North is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe North without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe North
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.