Moneta is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 450 people and three associated neighborhoods, Moneta is the 340th largest community in Virginia. Moneta 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 Moneta, where the median household income is .Unlike some towns, Moneta isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Moneta are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Moneta is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moneta who work in food service (17.54%), art, media, and design (15.79%), and office and administrative support (14.04%). Of important note, Moneta is also a town of artists. Moneta has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Moneta’s character. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Moneta has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Also of interest is that Moneta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, Moneta has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Moneta a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Moneta is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Moneta is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.54% of adults in Moneta have a college degree. The per capita income in Moneta in 2022 was $33,318, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,272 for a family of four. However, Moneta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Moneta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moneta residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Moneta include English, Irish, Lebanese, Danish, and German. The most common language spoken in Moneta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
