Land area: 3.43 square miles.
Founded: 1758.
Population in 2014: 42,280.
Population density: 1,563.5 people per square mile.
County seat: Goshen.
Colleges and Universities: United States Military Academy, Rockland Community College, Orange County Community College, Mount Saint Mary College, Nyack College, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Bergen Community College.
Water area: 1.2 square miles.
Monroe is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 8,364 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The community is named not after President James Monroe but an early 19th-century New York state senator.
The Village of Monroe is in the northwest part of the Town of Monroe by NY Route 17 (soon to be Interstate 86) and US 6. NY 17M is its main street.
There are 2 airports and 2 Amtrak train stations within 30 miles of the Monroe city center.
The average travel time to work in Monroe is 52% higher than the national average.
The number of people who take public transportation in Monroe is 1% lower than the national average.
The number of people who carpool to work in Monroe is 30% higher than the national average.
The number of people who work from home in Monroe is 27% lower than the national average.
White (94.91%)
Black or African American (1.22%)
Native American (0.25%)
Asian (1.36%)
From other races (1.15%)
From two or more races (1.10%).
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.91% of the population.
Median resident age: 35.9 years
New York median age: 38.2 years
Monroe: 3.0 people
New York: 2.6 people
Monroe: $110,151 (it was $70,809 in 2000)
New York: $57,369
Monroe: $1,206.
Monroe: $300,222 (it was $169,200 in 2000)
New York: $277,600
Mean prices in 2013: All housing units: $318,917; Detached houses: $327,983; Townhouses or other attached units: $330,942; In 2-unit structures: $385,512; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $85,744; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $340,398
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2013 was 77.9. This is about average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2013 was 27.1. This is about average. Closest monitor was 7.5 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2013 was 7.19. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 15.3 miles away from the city center.
Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2008 was 0.0187. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 13.2 miles away from the city center.
Here: 4.7%
New York: 4.8%
The overall crime rate in Monroe is 32% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 5.56 daily crimes that occur in Monroe.
Monroe is safer than 66% of the cities in the United States.
In Monroe you have a 1 in 50 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Monroe has increased by 16%.