Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Monte Vista spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.93 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Monte Vista does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Monte Vista citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.21% of adults in Monte Vista have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Monte Vista in 2022 was $28,968, which is low income relative to Colorado, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,872 for a family of four. However, Monte Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Monte Vista also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.93% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Monte Vista is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Monte Vista home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Monte Vista, accounting for 69.55% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Monte Vista residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Monte Vista include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Albanian.
The most common language spoken in Monte Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
