Monroe, LA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Monroe, LA: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 86,622. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MONROE-LA · Monroe, LA 4 ZIPs · 86,622 pop · #22209/25278 · Ouachita Parish
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $48,662
- RANK-BOTTOM #22209/25278
- BELOW-PEER under West Monroe
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 53% owners
- POP-SMALL 86,622
- SPREAD-WIDE 71202→71201
- HOME-LOW $177,500
Nearest income peer: West Monroe, LA (+ $12,835 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Monroe
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Monroe on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Eros · lowest
Eros · lowest
$34,018 median HH income
- Monroe · this city
Monroe · this city
$48,662 median HH income
- West Monroe · near
West Monroe · near
$61,497 median HH income
- Calhoun · near
Calhoun · near
$74,873 median HH income
- Sterlington · highest
Sterlington · highest
$78,531 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Monroe, LA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 12th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 86,622
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $48,662
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 4 ZIPs ($48,662 average) · poverty 30.2%. The primary code (71203) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (52.8%) for this income tier, rent $948 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Louisiana, Galliano is the closest lower-income city and Flatwoods the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Monroe.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Monroe differ
Monroe's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $28,213 in ZIP 71202 to $65,446 in ZIP 71201, while home values span $83,600 in 71202 to $263,800 in 71201. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 2.3×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 3.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 27.9 points
71202 to 71201
71202 to 71201
71203 to 71202
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Monroe residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Monroe: the largest, 71203, is only about 43% of 86,622 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Monroe
Citywide ZBP: 2,410 establishments, 36,831 employees , annual payroll $1,691,970k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 71201 (1,477 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (451) · also Retail trade · Professional, scientific, and technical services .
ZIP Codes in Monroe, LA
These ZIP codes sit in Ouachita Parish, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Monroe. See the Ouachita Parish roll-up →
Monroe sits in the lower half of Ouachita Parish on income: West Monroe, Calhoun and Sterlington report more, and only Eros reports less. Sterlington marks the far end of that range at $78,531, 61% above Monroe.
Side-by-side: Compare 71203 vs 71202 →
Monroe roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Monroe, .