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Louisiana·Ouachita County
22 tracts·40K people·$199K median·1,339/mi²
Black 60 · White 34 · Hispanic 3 · Asian 2 · Multiracial 1 · Other 0
Living alone 39 · Other 35 · Married couple 27
Health 40 · Professional 25 · Retail 13 · Leisure 9 · Manufacturing 6 · Public admin 5 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 42 · Service 21 · Sales · office 20 · Production · transport 11 · Construction · maintenance 5
Drive alone 73 · Carpool 23 · Work from home 7 · Walk 3 · Transit 3 · Bike 1
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Monroe is $198,900 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Monroe has 47,004 residents across 15 census tracts and 20 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 35.0; the population is 59.8% Black, 34.1% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% Asian, 1.2% Multiracial and 0.3% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 32.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 35.9% (Census ACS).
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School (58%), Sallie Humble Elementary School (53%) and Cypress Point Elementary School (25%) lead the elementary schools; Neville Junior High School (37%), Ouachita Junior High School (23%) and Martin Luther King Junior High School (17%) lead the middle schools; Neville High School (37%), Wossman High School (19%) and Carroll High School (9%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $886/month, 44% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Monroe is $40,505 a year, 53% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Monroe, median rent is $886/month and the median home value is $198,900 (Census ACS).
Monroe reported 21.0 violent crimes and 60.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 93°F; winter lows average 38°F; there are 68 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 57 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Monroe are ice storm (93), heat wave (90) and tornado (84), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.12g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Monroe, 3.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).