West Monroe is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,126 people and two associated neighborhoods, West Monroe is the 379th largest community in New York.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, West Monroe is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, West Monroe is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Monroe who work in sales jobs (14.84%), office and administrative support (11.18%), and management occupations (10.96%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.07% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) West Monroe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. West Monroe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in West Monroe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, West Monroe may be for you.The percentage of people in West Monroe who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.91% of adults in West Monroe have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in West Monroe in 2022 was $45,588, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,352 for a family of four. However, West Monroe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call West Monroe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Monroe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in West Monroe include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in West Monroe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
