Demographics of Monessen city, Pennsylvania

Monessen city, Pennsylvania had 6,657 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −206 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Monessen city, in four figures

6,657
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 6,780 ±26.; −3.0%
Change since July 2020: −206 people.; 44.9 ±3.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $52,889 ±$10,061
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Monessen city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 3.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Monessen city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Monessen city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 3.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Monessen city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	6,863	100.0	100.0
2021	6,826	99.5	100.2
2022	6,760	98.5	100.7
2023	6,723	98.0	101.6
2024	6,692	97.5	102.5
2025	6,657	97.0	103.1

Population of Monessen city, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	6,863	—
2021	6,826	−37
2022	6,760	−66
2023	6,723	−37
2024	6,692	−31
2025	6,657	−35

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.9 ±3.5: for men 44.5 ±7.6 and for women 45.1 ±5.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Monessen city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	372 ±124	5.5% ±1.8	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	972 ±213	14.3% ±3.1	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	577 ±148	8.5% ±2.2	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,487 ±257	21.9% ±3.8	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,836 ±266	27.1% ±3.9	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,536 ±221	22.7% ±3.3	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $52,889 ±$10,061, and income per person $31,807 ±$2,677, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Monessen city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	843 ±202	26.9% ±6.3	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	689 ±169	22.0% ±5.3	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	459 ±122	14.7% ±3.8	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	398 ±99	12.7% ±3.1	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	429 ±124	13.7% ±3.9	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	95 to 347	3.1% to 11.1%	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	90 ±42	2.9% ±1.3	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Monessen city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	1,379 ±350	20.8% ±5.3	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	462 ±170	34.9% ±10.5	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	620 ±152	20.1% ±4.5	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	148 to 446	13.3% ±6.4	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Monessen city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Monessen city	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	3,857 ±204	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.1% ±1.5	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.9% ±3.8	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	73.0% ±5.1	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	27.0% ±5.8	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$95,900 ±$10,986	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$733 ±$179	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1953 ±2	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Monessen city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	39 to 271	0.6% to 4.0%	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,892 ±425	72.2% ±6.3	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,273 ±413	18.8% ±6.1	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 61	0% to 0.9%	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 12	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 17	0% to 0.3%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 200	0% to 2.9%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	339 ±143	5.0% ±2.1	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Monessen city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	5,710 ±216	84.2% ±3.2	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	971 ±220	14.3% ±3.2	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 37	0% to 0.5%	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	38 to 128	0.6% to 1.9%	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	7 to 57	0.1% to 0.8%	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	8 to 94	0.1% to 1.4%	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Monessen city among the places of Pennsylvania

179th of 273 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Places of Pennsylvania near Monessen city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Connellsville city	6,849 ±39
Ambler borough	6,847 ±19
Arlington Heights CDP	6,847 ±1,003
Clifton Heights borough	6,832 ±22
Homeacre-Lyndora CDP	6,783 ±501
Monessen city	6,780 ±26
Exton CDP	6,772 ±1,000
Folcroft borough	6,772 ±44
Oakmont borough	6,702 ±27
Blakely borough	6,662 ±25
Maple Glen CDP	6,643 ±774

Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Places in Pennsylvania by median age
No. 6 Places in Pennsylvania by poverty rate
No. 34 Places in Pennsylvania by homeownership rate
No. 133 Places in Pennsylvania by median household income
No. 143 Places in Pennsylvania by per capita income
No. 167 Places in Pennsylvania by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026