Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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• • 98,79459.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 31,41418.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 24,14614.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,4844.5%Two or more races
  • 4,0812.4%Asian alone
  • 1,1700.7%Some other race alone
  • 910.05%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 180.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $274,709

Here:	$274,709
State:	$317,202

Townhouses or other attached units: $201,585

Here:	$201,585
State:	$254,369

In 2-unit structures: $216,544

Here:	$216,544
State:	$249,182

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $179,674

Here:	$179,674
State:	$297,446

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $228,007

Here:	$228,007
State:	$320,068

Mobile homes: $63,180

Here:	$63,180
State:	$92,414

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $4,340 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $4,276 (1.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Monroe County is $621 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $776 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $991 a month.

Cities in this county include: East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Arlington Heights, Sierra View, Penn Estates, Emerald Lakes, Mount Pocono, Sun Valley, Effort, Brodheadsville.

2023 air pollution in Monroe County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.036 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Adams County, Indiana , Jefferson County , Juniata County , Henry County, Illinois , Logan County, Colorado , Mifflin County , Tioga County , Thurston County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 8,213
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 21,496 (69.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,3182010 or later
• 3,8892000 to 2009
• 3,7261990 to 1999
• 1,6861980 to 1989
• 1,6261970 to 1979
• 2,843Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): $ minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 84.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 68,164
• One, attached: 3,558
• Two: 2,072
• 3 or 4: 1,426
• 5 to 9: 1,043
• 10 to 19: 558
• 20 to 49: 468
• 50 or more: 446
• Mobile homes: 1,928

Housing units in Monroe County with a mortgage: 28,098 (1,917 second mortgage, 144 home equity loan, 1,250 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,393

Religion statistics for Monroe County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Monroe County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Pennsylvania Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4506-PA: March 30, 2020, FEMA Id: 4506, Natural disaster type: Other
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3356: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3356, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4099: January 10, 2013, FEMA Id: 4099, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 03, 2011 to October 15, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared EM-3340: September 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 3340, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Pennsylvania Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 03, 2011 to October 15, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4030: September 12, 2011, FEMA Id: 4030, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 14, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3339: August 29, 2011, FEMA Id: 3339, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to August 30, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4025: September 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 4025, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: June 23, 2006 to July 10, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1649: June 30, 2006, FEMA Id: 1649, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3235: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3235, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 02, 2005 to April 23, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1587: April 14, 2005, FEMA Id: 1587, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.30% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($74,032 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.50% relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania ($19,266 average AGI)
4.79% relocated from other states ($54,766 average AGI)

Monroe County:	4.79%
Pennsylvania average:	2.30%

from Northampton County, PA	0.64% ($55,806 average AGI)
from Kings County, NY	0.50% ($73,760)
from Queens County, NY	0.46% ($73,901)
from Bronx County, NY	0.35% ($54,532)
from Pike County, PA	0.26% ($45,565)
from Lehigh County, PA	0.26% ($51,541)
from New York County, NY	0.24% ($133,652)

7.20% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($60,990 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.13% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($23,201 average AGI)
4.07% relocated to other states ($37,789 average AGI)

Monroe County:	4.07%
Pennsylvania average:	2.47%

to Northampton County, PA	0.75% ($61,228 average AGI)
to Lackawanna County, PA	0.37% ($44,793)
to Lehigh County, PA	0.33% ($54,214)
to Luzerne County, PA	0.27% ($41,215)
to Carbon County, PA	0.24% ($42,386)
to Pike County, PA	0.20% ($46,241)
to Kings County, NY	0.20% ($53,855)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 7.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 8.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Monroe County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 27,835 (5,779 living alone), Female householders: 30,199 (8,302 living alone)

• 31,290 spouses (31,067 opposite-sex spouses), 4,410 unmarried partners, (4,281 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 46,629 children (44,640 natural, 589 adopted, 1,400 stepchildren), 5,873 grandchildren, 1,759 brothers or sisters, 6,317 parents, 121 foster children, 2,934 other relatives, 6,116 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,715

Size of family households: 17,071 2-persons, 9,050 3-persons, 7,129 4-persons, 3,835 5-persons, 1,672 6-persons, 1,407 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 14,081 1-person, 3,326 2-persons, 186 3-persons, 255 5-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons.

17,821 married couples with children.
7,618 single-parent households (1,667 men, 5,951 women).

83.4% of residents of Monroe speak English at home.
9.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $804,025,000 ($5,059 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $180,535,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $360,019,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $149,303,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,267,000
Federal grants: $69,651,000
Federal procurement contracts: $119,921,000 ($83,308,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $103,864,000 ($86,184,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $406,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $57,143,000
Federal Government insurance: $66,258,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+134 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.13 millions of gallons per day (37% from ground, 63% from surface)

• Year house built in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
• 4362020 or later
• 2,7632010 to 2019
• 12,8802000 to 2009
• 11,8471990 to 1999
• 18,6301980 to 1989
• 11,2721970 to 1979
• 6,9161960 to 1969
• 5,7001950 to 1959
• 1,2891940 to 1949
• 7,9301939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
• 01 room
• 212 rooms
• 5363 rooms
• 3,4424 rooms
• 8,7395 rooms
• 10,7096 rooms
• 8,8237 rooms
• 6,9078 rooms
• 8,3209+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
• 3531 room
• 9742 rooms
• 1,0283 rooms
• 2,5114 rooms
• 2,4795 rooms
• 1,2356 rooms
• 9667 rooms
• 4408 rooms
• 5519+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
• 0no bedroom
• 6871 bedroom
• 6,1632 bedrooms
• 25,0063 bedrooms
• 13,2544 bedrooms
• 2,3875+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
• 428no bedroom
• 2,4881 bedroom
• 3,0962 bedrooms
• 3,3713 bedrooms
• 9754 bedrooms
• 1795+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County, Pennsylvania in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,535no vehicle
• 12,5551 vehicle
• 19,1292 vehicles
• 9,6963 vehicles
• 3,1664 vehicles
• 1,4165+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,855no vehicle
• 4,2961 vehicle
• 3,4342 vehicles
• 6993 vehicles
• 2534 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

89.8% of Monroe County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 63,131
• Other state: 77,896
• Northeast: 66,173
• Midwest: 3,299
• South: 6,425
• West: 1,999

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,260
• Number of aged recipients: 190
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,070
• Number of recipients under 18: 527
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,390
• Number of recipients older than 64: 343
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 704
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,057

Monroe County on our top lists:

• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #75 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"