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Monroe City city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Monroe City city is a Census city of 3,028 people across 3.03 square miles of land, lying across Monroe County and Marion County and Ralls County. Median household income is $55,737, 46.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Monroe City
What Monroe City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.03 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land999
- County holding the largest share of its areaMonroe County, 65.0 percent
- Counties this place lies inMonroe County 65.0 percent, Marion County 27.3 percent, Ralls County 7.7 percent
Monroe City city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Monroe City
How many people live in Monroe City
- Population3,028
- Median age37.5
- Population under 18793 plus or minus 181
- Share under 1826.2 percent
- Population 65 and over509 plus or minus 128
- Share 65 and over16.8 percent
- Households1,129
- Family households724 plus or minus 154
- Share of households that are families64.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Monroe City
Income and work in Monroe City
- Median household income$55,737 plus or minus $12,170
- Per capita income$27,016
- Civilian labor force1,326
- Employed1,316
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate0.8 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over1,989
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Monroe City
- Housing units1,420
- Occupied units1,129
- Vacant units291 plus or minus 123
- Vacancy rate20.5 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Owner occupied529
- Renter occupied600 plus or minus 166
- Ownership rate46.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$159,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$668
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units847
- Share single family59.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more265 plus or minus 115
- Share in buildings of two or more18.7 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes308 plus or minus 118
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Monroe City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,285
- Commuting under 15 minutes431 plus or minus 102
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more369 plus or minus 132
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.7 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone87.7 percent
- Carpooled7.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Monroe City
SBA loans in Monroe City (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,392,000
- Average approval$1,392,000
- Median approval$1,392,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,392,000
- Largest approval$1,392,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Monroe County, not Monroe City
Monroe County context, not Monroe City figures
These are Monroe County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Monroe City measurements.
- Establishments in Monroe County179
- Employment at those establishments, Monroe County1,406
- Covered employment, Monroe County1,849
- Average annual pay, Monroe County$42,014
- Average weekly wage, Monroe County$808
- Housing units permitted, Monroe County30
- Of those, single family, Monroe County30
- County product, 2024, Monroe County$289,018,000
- County product change over the prior year, Monroe County-6.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Monroe County$54,833
Every figure in this section is published for Monroe County as a whole and is not a measurement of Monroe City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Monroe City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Monroe City, Missouri?
3,028, in 1,129 households. Monroe City city covers 3.03 square miles of land, which is 999 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Monroe City in?
Monroe City lies in more than one. By area it is 65.0 percent in Monroe County, 27.3 percent in Marion County, 7.7 percent in Ralls County. This page sits under Monroe County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Monroe City?
$55,737. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $159,300. Median gross rent is $668 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Monroe City businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,392,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Monroe City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Monroe City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Monroe City. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Monroe City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Monroe County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Monroe City.
Is zoning published for Monroe City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.