In addition, Monticello is a college town. There are a lot of students in Monticello attending college, and as a result Monticello provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Monticello spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.05 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
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.
In terms of college education, Monticello is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.12% of adults in Monticello have a college degree.
The per capita income in Monticello in 2022 was $25,624, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,496 for a family of four. However, Monticello contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Monticello also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.14% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Monticello is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 African, Irish, English, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Monticello is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
