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Monticello, IA
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Living in Monticello



Monticello is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 4,056 people and two associated neighborhoods, Monticello is the 118th largest community in Iowa.

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Monticello 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. Monticello has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Monticello than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Monticello may be for you.

Monticello is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Monticello citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.41% of adults 25 and older in Monticello have a college degree.

The per capita income in Monticello in 2022 was $37,935, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,740 for a family of four. However, Monticello contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Monticello home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monticello residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Monticello include German, Irish, English, African, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Monticello is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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