Scores by category

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

Safety46#8,369/15,637
Economy31#10,720/15,631
Housing28#10,831/14,977
Health32#10,600/15,609
Healthcare39#9,613/15,650
Environment19#12,513/15,453
Education23#12,123/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,385/15,650
Community69#4,884/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,759/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where South Monroe, Michigan 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

Child care cost burden · low21.0%
92/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Michigan 9.1United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMonroe County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Michigan 8.3United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMonroe County value
Voter turnout · high75.6%
88/100Michigan 74.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionMonroe County value
Job growth · high1.9%
87/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMonroe County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Michigan 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Michigan 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMonroe County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,178 /100k
7/100Michigan 3,367 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Comfortable days · low23.2%
10/100Michigan 23.1%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMonroe County value
Depression · high28.5%
10/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
12/100Michigan 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMonroe County value
Broadband subscriptions · low85.8%
16/100Michigan 90.5%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.

PopulationRising
5,977 (2015-2019) → 6,960 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$41,136 (2015-2019) → $61,982 (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.3% (2015-2019) → 85.8% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
19.7% (2015-2019) → 23.3% (2020-2024)
+3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
34.7% (2015-2019) → 38.0% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.9% (2015-2019) → 88.6% (2020-2024)
+2.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, South Monroe, Michigan improved on 2 of 14 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.

Improved2

Household income+51%$41,136 → $61,982
Broadband+8.5 points77.3% → 85.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of South Monroe, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.0 min2015-2019	21.9 min2020-2024	+2.0 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	77.3%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Improved	52%
Child poverty rate	19.7%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	1.14%2015-2019	1.06%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
High school diploma or higher	85.9%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4982015-2019	0.4502020-2024	−0.048	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$41,1362015-2019	$61,9822020-2024	+51%	Improved	85%
Poverty rate	16.2%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent as share of income	34.7%2015-2019	38.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	64.5%2015-2019	61.9%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Unemployment rate	10.0%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.8%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%

“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 South Monroe, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of South Monroe, Michigan 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, South Monroe, Michigan itself moved +3.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

6,960 residents (±642)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−2.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,960 residents (±642)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

White87%6,061
Black3.0%†206
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†380
Asian0.3%†18
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.2%†295

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (+3.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

5,167 residents (±513)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma11%†589
High school or GED37%1,912
Some college25%1,266
Associate degree10%†517
Bachelor's degree10%525
Graduate degree6.9%†358

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

3,203 households (±298)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k22%705
$25k–50k21%†674
$50k–75k14%456
$75k–100k13%†416
$100k–150k17%532
$150k–200k9.0%†287
$200k or more4.2%†133

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,203 households (±298)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

Own70%2,228
Rent30%975

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

921 households (±171)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $75034%†316
$750–1,00017%†154
$1,000–1,50028%†254

Home values

2,228 homes (±258)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k37%826
$150k–250k32%713
$250k–400k22%493

Age of homes

3,324 homes (±300)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later4.2%†138
2000–200912%†386
1980–199929%977

Size of homes

3,324 homes (±300)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio0.2%†8
1 bedroom11%350
2 bedrooms30%993

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,959 workers (±458)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone77%2,276
Carpool7.0%†206
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.5%†16
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†349
Other3.8%†112

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,610 workers (±455)

South Monroe, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min43%1,125
15–29 min24%626
30–44 min15%†394

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Monroe, MI

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 South Monroe's residents.

Monroe County has 2,395 employer establishments, 154 for every 10,000 residents (0.62× the US rate of 248; 0.67× Michigan's), with 37,143 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,780. The Census Bureau also counts 9,354 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,395; 9,354 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 154; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 37,143
Average annual pay: $53,780; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	210	13.5	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,727	$68,646	389
Restaurants and other eating places	206	13.2	0.72×Fewer than typical	4,080	$17,834	40
Specialty trade contractors	169	10.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,385	$73,187	746
Limited-service restaurants	103	6.6	0.83×About typical	2,130	$17,434	24
Construction of buildings	88	5.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	316	$57,497	293
Full-service restaurants	87	5.6	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,792	$18,243	9
Offices of physicians	79	5.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	762	$92,051	54
Religious organizations	79	5.1	0.92×About typical	608	$24,219	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	75	4.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	391	$53,084	665
Automotive repair and maintenance	73	4.7	0.93×About typical	312	$47,314	156
Truck transportation	68	4.4	0.86×About typical	654	$71,946	245
Lessors of real estate	65	4.2	0.34×Fewer than typical	210	$43,605	858

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: 155,563 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 $10K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in South Monroe, Michigan: $1.44 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $10K
Per resident: $1.44; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; 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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$10K100%

Top recipients

SENTRILLION CORPORATION$8,86388%
AVAYA FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, INC.$1,18512%

Spending by fiscal year

3.9KFY2017
50.3KFY2018
255.3KFY2019
78.4KFY2020
21.7KFY2021
25.8KFY2022
4.9KFY2023
1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$10K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 South Monroe, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

South Monroe, Michigan's figures are part of those of Monroe County, MI ($9.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: South Monroe 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.

South Monroe, Michigan is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

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 County58100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Monroe, MI50

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
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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