Monmouth is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 11,651 people and three associated neighborhoods, Monmouth is the 47th largest community in Oregon.Monmouth is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Monmouth is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Monmouth who work in teaching (10.88%), sales jobs (9.41%), and office and administrative support (9.36%). Also of interest is that Monmouth 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 Monmouth telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.63% 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.Because there are quite a few people attending college in Monmouth, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Monmouth provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. In terms of college education, Monmouth is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.27% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Monmouth in 2022 was $29,746, which is low income relative to Oregon, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,984 for a family of four. However, Monmouth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Monmouth is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Monmouth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monmouth residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Monmouth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Monmouth include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Monmouth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
