CITY PROFILE
Monroe, MI
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Monroe is a smaller metro with moderately priced housing, making it a straightforward cost-of-living choice without the premium you'd pay in larger regional hubs. Expect a warm climate paired with moderate sunshine and a wet climate, so you'll want to be comfortable with regular rainfall and cloud cover. It's the kind of place where weather variability is real, but heating costs won't dominate your budget year-round.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $269K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,211/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 18.7°C · warmest 28.9°C · coolest 7°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 1411 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.56 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #283 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy89
- Affordable to rent87
- Climate comfort91
- Plenty of sunshine59
- Big-city amenities31
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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