Montrose is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 21,646 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Montrose is the 33rd largest community in Colorado. Montrose has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Montrose, where the median household income is $70,386.00.

Also of interest is that Montrose has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Montrose telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.13% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Montrose spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.21 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Montrose 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 overall education level of Montrose citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.46% of adults in Montrose have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Montrose in 2022 was $39,045, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,180 for a family of four. However, Montrose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Montrose is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Montrose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montrose residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Montrose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Montrose include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

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