City · Monroe County, Alabama

Monroeville, Alabama

Monroeville is a city in Monroe County, Alabama. It has 5,802 residents. Monroeville, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,133 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #284 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), property crime rate (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on dental care shortage (high), math scores (low) and median household income (low).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,133 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #284 of 319 in AL
Population: 5,802 (2020-2024)
Land area: 13 mi²
Density: 434.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 0150192

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety30#10,864/15,637
Economy1#15,508/15,631
Housing59#6,111/14,977
Health6#14,627/15,609
Healthcare5#14,911/15,650
Environment42#8,890/15,453
Education6#14,786/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,367/15,650
Community13#13,665/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,328/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Monroeville, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Monroe County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.28%
98/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Property crime rate · low412 /100k
93/100Alabama 1,462 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMonroe County value
Social associations · high14.0 /10k
87/100Alabama 11.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Alabama 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Comfortable days · high30.1%
79/100Alabama 28.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMonroe County value
Pharmacies · high2.1 /10k
77/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMonroe County value

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Alabama 6.0United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMonroe County value
Math scores · low2.35
1/100Alabama 2.65United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Median household income · low$32,513
2/100Alabama $66,704United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Homicide rate · high17.1 /100k
2/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataMonroe County value
Job growth · low-4.5%
2/100Alabama 0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMonroe County value
Broadband subscriptions · low75.4%
3/100Alabama 87.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
38.6% (2015-2019) → 75.4% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
40.7% (2015-2019) → 32.6% (2020-2024)
−8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
14.0% (2015-2019) → 8.4% (2020-2024)
−5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
16.1% (2015-2019) → 11.3% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
18.1 min (2015-2019) → 22.3 min (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.8% (2015-2019) → 55.2% (2020-2024)
−4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Monroeville, Alabama improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+37 points38.6% → 75.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Monroeville, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.1 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	+4.2 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	38.6%2015-2019	75.4%2020-2024	+37 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	40.7%2015-2019	32.6%2020-2024	−8.1 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Effective property tax rate	0.34%2015-2019	0.27%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	84.9%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5672015-2019	0.5002020-2024	−0.067	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$31,4912015-2019	$32,5132020-2024	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	10%
Poverty rate	24.3%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.7%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.0%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Monroeville, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Monroeville, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Monroeville, Alabama itself moved −0.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,802 residents (±21)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,413 households (±248)

Monroeville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k40%966
$25k–50k23%†546
$50k–75k16%†390

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,413 households (±248)

Monroeville, Alabama
Alabama share

Own57%1,367
Rent43%1,046

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,829 workers (±270)

Monroeville, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone94%1,723
Carpool3.6%†65
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Monroe County, the county holding most of Monroeville's residents.

Monroe County has 382 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Alabama's), with 5,195 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,369. The Census Bureau also counts 1,458 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 382; 1,458 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 5,195
Average annual pay: $51,369; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Monroe County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	27	14	2.53×More than typical	82	$21,220	—
Restaurants and other eating places	27	14	0.76×Fewer than typical	318	$17,116	11
Ambulatory health care services	18	9.3	0.45×Fewer than typical	146	$51,596	76
Truck transportation	18	9.3	1.85×More than typical	515	$53,256	57
Gasoline stations	14	7.3	2.24×More than typical	66	$25,924	—
General merchandise stores	14	7.3	4.11×More than typical	300	$27,827	9
Limited-service restaurants	14	7.3	0.91×About typical	220	$16,559	—
Specialty trade contractors	10	5.2	0.34×Fewer than typical	65	$54,554	102
Banks and credit unions	9	4.7	1.45×Too few to compare	74	$46,514	—
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	9	4.7	2.83×Too few to compare	49	$27,714	—
Full-service restaurants	9	4.7	0.61×Too few to compare	83	$19,494	9
Lessors of real estate	9	4.7	0.38×Too few to compare	29	$26,517	70

Rank places for an industry Open Monroe County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,267 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $44.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Monroeville, Alabama: $7.61 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $44.2K; 0% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7.61; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$44.2K100%

Top recipients

MANHATTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION LLC$44.2K100%

Spending by fiscal year

6KFY2017
104.9KFY2018
98.6KFY2019
68.5KFY2020
14.7KFY2021
114.5KFY2022
62.8KFY2023
44.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers · 5173$44.2K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Monroeville, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

Monroeville, Alabama's figures are part of those of Monroe County, AL ($485.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 9.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Monroeville is mostly in Monroe County.

See federal money in Monroe County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Monroeville, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Shomari FiguresD-AL-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 94%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Monroe County5100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Monroe County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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