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West Monroe, Michigan.

A community in Monroe County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Monroe County’s.

Living in West Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan

West Monroe, in Monroe County, had 3,227 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $48,317 a year and half less, against $77,335 across Monroe County. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Monroe County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,227 in the 2020 census
Household income $48,317 the median, give or take $8,141 · Monroe County: $77,335
Unemployment 5.0% Monroe County, August 2026; 5.8% a year before
Homes 87% lived in by their owners; 13% rented
  • 1,172households
  • 6%of adults have a degree
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 1%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Manufacturing23%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Shops (retail)7%
  • Banks, insurance and property5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monroe County had 40,577 jobs in 2025, 1.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 18°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 33° 18° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 18°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 33° 18° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Monroe weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Monroe County

  1. DTE EnergyNuclear electric power distibution781
  2. Monroe Regional HospitalGeneral hospital741FTE
  3. Monroe Public SchoolsSchool district723FTE
  4. StellantisManufacturing623
  5. Ford Motor CompanyWrapping machinery manufacturing591
  6. Monroe ISDSchool district569FTE
  7. Gerdau - Monroe MillElectrometallurgical steel manufacturing561
  8. YanfengMotor vehicle interior systems manufacturing540

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 113 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,506 people in all across the county; West Monroe has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  5. HailRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Monroe’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Monroe County.