Montevideo’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.09 minutes getting to work every day.
In terms of college education, Montevideo is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.81% of adults 25 and older in Montevideo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Montevideo in 2022 was $28,170, which is low income relative to Minnesota, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,680 for a family of four. However, Montevideo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Montevideo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Montevideo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montevideo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Montevideo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Montevideo include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Montevideo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
