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SheetNJ-RENAISSANCE-AT-MONROE-NJ · Renaissance at Monroe, NJ 643 pop · income 77th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Renaissance at Monroe
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Renaissance at Monroe on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cedarville · lowest
39,816
Cedarville · lowest
39,816 median HH income
15.9% of the leader · rank #1
Sebastopol · near
99,600
Sebastopol · near
99,600 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #2
Bixby · near
99,602
Bixby · near
99,602 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #3
Hebron · near
99,605
Hebron · near
99,605 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #4
Renaissance a… · this city
99,615
Renaissance a… · this city
99,615 median HH income
39.8% of the leader · rank #5
Valatie · near
99,632
Valatie · near
99,632 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #6
East Millstone · highest
250,001
East Millstone · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Renaissance at Monroe on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 643.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Renaissance at Monroe places in the 77th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
77th
percentile, household income
83rd
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Renaissance at Monroe, NJ
643 people live in Renaissance at Monroe, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $99,615 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 9.1%. Home values in Renaissance at Monroe run a median of $475,800, and the median resident age is 74.0 years. Educational attainment runs 61.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 19.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Jersey at 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,132 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 23.3 minutes, with 68.8% driving alone and 31.2% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Renaissance at Monroe's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Renaissance at Monroe, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Renaissance at Monroe?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.3 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Renaissance at Monroe?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Cedarville (636 residents, $39,816 income); East Millstone (653 residents, $250,000+ income); Deal (632 residents, $77,679 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Parker, ID (643 residents); Hillsboro, IN (643 residents); Centerville, LA (643 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Renaissance at Monroe?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
61.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$99,615
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Renaissance at Monroe profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 61.3%
Household income: 77/100 (B+) · $99,615
Poverty rate: 43/100 (D) · 9.1%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does Renaissance at Monroe compare to other US cities?
Here's how Renaissance at Monroe stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income77% higher than other cities
Home value83% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Renaissance at Monroe against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Renaissance at Monroe near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Renaissance at Monroe ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Renaissance at Monroe only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#386 of 659
41st percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#237 of 672
65th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#112 of 680
83rd percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#149 of 686
78th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
77th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Renaissance at Monroe's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$475,80017th percentilemore affordable than 17% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Renaissance at Monroe's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,514 of 15,516
More affordable than 19% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,523 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.8×, Renaissance at Monroe sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,514 of 15,516 and #9,523 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$99,615Renaissance at Monroe, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Renaissance at Monroe, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Renaissance at Monroe, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)61.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)19.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
643
Median Income
$99,615
Median Home Value
$475,800
Median Age
74.0
Poverty Rate
9.1%
Labor force participation
19.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
61.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.3 minutes
Drive Alone
68.8%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
31.2%
Based on 125 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Renaissance at Monroe. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Renaissance at Monroe is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Renaissance at Monroe sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Renaissance at Monroe compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.