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.
Being a small city, Monticello does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Monticello is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.40% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Monticello in 2022 was $26,359, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,436 for a family of four. However, Monticello contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 English, Irish, German, Italian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Monticello is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
