Monroeville, PA

Census Place

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2024 Population
28,295
US Senator
John Fetterman
Democratic Party
US Senator
Dave McCormick
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
44
0.457% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
10.7%
8.89% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$79,218
1.31% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$209,800
6.28% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
14,036
0.114% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Monroeville, PA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

96.6% of the residents in Monroeville, PA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Monroeville, PA are Bella Capelli Academy (150 degrees awarded in 2023) and Empire Beauty School-Monroeville (44 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Monroeville, PA was $209,800, and the homeownership rate was 68.7%.

Most people in Monroeville, PA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Monroeville, PA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Monroeville, PA is home to a population of 28.3k people, from which 96.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 9.4% of Monroeville, PA residents were born outside of the country (2.66k people).

In 2024, there were 4.51 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (19.6k people) in Monroeville, PA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.34k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.49k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

96.6%
2024 Citizenship
96.7%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 96.6% of Monroeville, PA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Monroeville, PA was 96.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Monroeville, PA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    19.6k ± 1.22k
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    4.34k ± 939
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    1.49k ± 635
4.72%
Hispanic Population
1.34k people

In 2024, there were 4.51 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (19.6k people) in Monroeville, PA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.34k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.49k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

4.72% of the people in Monroeville, PA are hispanic (1.34k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Monroeville, PA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. India
    99,504 ± 7,715 people
  2. Dominican Republic
    93,569 ± 7,483 people
  3. China
    70,789 ± 6,514 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Pennsylvania was India, the natal country of 99,504 Pennsylvania residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 93,569 and China with 70,789.

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Foreign-Born Population

9.4%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
2.66k people
9.21%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
2.61k people

As of 2024, 9.4% of Monroeville, PA residents (2.66k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Monroeville, PA was 9.21%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    506 ± 163
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    206 ± 110
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    171 ± 137

Monroeville, PA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.46 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Monroeville, PA employs 14k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Monroeville, PA were Health Care & Social Assistance (2,975 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (1,551 people), and Retail Trade (1,484 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($111,506), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($92,969), and Public Administration ($90,636).

Employment

Occupations

14k
2024 Value
± 976
0.114%
1 Year growth
± 9.94%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Monroeville, PA grew at a rate of 0.114%, from 14k employees to 14k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Monroeville, PA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,367 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,339 people), and Management Occupations (1,268 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Monroeville, PA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

14k
2024 Value
± 976
0.114%
1 Year growth
± 9.94%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Monroeville, PA grew at a rate of 0.114%, from 14k employees to 14k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Monroeville, PA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (2,975 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (1,551 people), and Retail Trade (1,484 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Monroeville, PA, though some of these residents may live in Monroeville, PA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$53,918
Median earning men ± $6,647
$54,096
Median earning women ± $9,966

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($136,979), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($96,776), and Public Administration ($90,793).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($90,570), Construction ($72,813), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($71,406).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.78%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 6.03M people employed in Pennsylvania. This represents a 2.78% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 18.1%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Pennsylvania.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Pennsylvania went to Donald J. Trump with 50.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (48.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.491%).

John Fetterman and Dave McCormick are the senators currently representing the state of Pennsylvania. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Pennsylvania is currently represented by 17 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Monroeville, PA. Showing the available data for Pennsylvania.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (50.4%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (48.7%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.491%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Pennsylvania went to Donald J. Trump with 50.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (48.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.491%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Pennsylvania for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Pennsylvania

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John Fetterman
Senator from Pennsylvania3
Assumed office on January 3, 2023
Dave McCormick
Senator from Pennsylvania1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025

John Fetterman and Dave McCormick are the senators currently representing Pennsylvania.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Pennsylvania over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Monroeville, PA awarded 194 degrees. The student population of Monroeville, PA in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 7 male students and 252 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Monroeville, PA are White (136 and 70.1%), Black or African American (46 and 23.7%), Two or More Races (7 and 3.61%), and Unknown (2 and 1.03%).

The largest universities in Monroeville, PA by number of degrees awarded are Bella Capelli Academy (150 and 77.3%) and Empire Beauty School-Monroeville (44 and 22.7%).

The most popular majors in Monroeville, PA are General Cosmetology (187 and 96.4%) and Cosmetology, Barber, & Nail Instructor (7 and 3.61%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 259 students enrolled in Monroeville, PA, 2.7% men and 97.3% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 171 records, of which 97.1% were women and 2.92% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

General Cosmetology
Most Common
187 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Monroeville, PA was General Cosmetology with 187 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Monroeville, PA according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Bella Capelli Academy
    150 degrees awarded
  2. Empire Beauty School-Monroeville
    44 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Bella Capelli Academy with 150 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 1 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Monroeville, PA, which is 0.00518 times less than the 193 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 136 degrees mean that there were 2.96 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 46 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Monroeville, PA was $209,800 in 2024, which is 0.631 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $197,400 to $209,800, a 6.28% increase. The homeownership rate in Monroeville, PA is 68.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Monroeville, PA have an average commute time of 25.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Monroeville, PA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$209,800
Median Property Value 2024
±$8,176
$8,683
Median Property Taxes
±$657

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Monroeville, PA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Monroeville, PA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

68.7%
Homeownership
2024
66.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 68.7% of the housing units in Monroeville, PA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 68.4%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$79,218
Median Household Income
± $3,899
12.6k
Number of Households
± 940

In 2024, the median household income of the 12.6k households in Monroeville, PA grew to $79,218 from the previous year's value of $78,191.

The following chart displays the households in Monroeville, PA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $100k - $125k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Monroeville, PA is from Pennsylvania.
0.463
2023 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania
0.466
2022 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

In 2023, the income inequality in Pennsylvania was 0.463 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.564% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Pennsylvania was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pennsylvania in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (65.2%)
  2. Worked At Home (24.9%)
  3. Carpooled (7.5%)

In 2024, 65.2% of workers in Monroeville, PA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (24.9%) and those who carpooled to work (7.5%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

25.1 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Monroeville, PA have a shorter commute time (25.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.615% of the workforce in Monroeville, PA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Monroeville, PA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Monroeville, PA have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Monroeville, PA (2.95k out of 27.6k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Monroeville, PA is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.7% of the population of Monroeville, PA has health coverage, with 52.3% on employee plans, 14.5% on Medicaid, 18.8% on Medicare, 10.2% on non-group plans, and 0.865% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Pennsylvania see 1,265 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,265 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1400 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 345 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.6% were men and 53.4% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 19.8% under 18 years, 17.3% between 18 and 34 years, 40.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 22.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.6% were men and 53.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.32%
Uninsured
52.3%
Employer Coverage
14.5%
Medicaid
18.8%
Medicare
10.2%
Non-Group
0.865%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Monroeville, PA declined by 7.57% from 3.59% to 3.32%.

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