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The median home value in Monroe, NC is $358,990 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.07% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$358,990
Year-over-Year
-0.07%
Population
38,903
Monroe ranks #40 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 15.9% above the state's city median of $309,616. It sits in Union County, where the county-wide median is $453,704.
Median household income in Monroe is $72,540, so the typical home value is about 4.9× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Monroe police recorded a violent crime rate of 653 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,334 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Monroe, that value is $358,990. That's down 0.07% from a year earlier. It is about 15.9% above the typical North Carolina city tracked here.
Homes in Monroe are cheaper than Union County as a whole, where the median is $453,704 — a difference of about 20.9%.
Median household income here is $72,540, so the typical home value is about 4.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Monroe police reported 653 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 38,903. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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