The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Monson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Monson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Monson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Monson, the average commute to work is 32.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Monson who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.62% of adults in Monson have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Monson in 2022 was $45,529, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,116 for a family of four. However, Monson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Monson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Monson include Irish, Polish, French, French Canadian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Monson is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
