Monument Valley is a very small town located in the state of Utah. With a population of 2,483 people and just one neighborhood, Monument Valley is the 119th largest community in Utah.
Unlike some towns, Monument Valley isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Monument Valley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Monument Valley is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Monument Valley who work in maintenance occupations (13.08%), office and administrative support (9.84%), and teaching (9.26%).
Monument Valley’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Monument Valley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Monument Valley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Monument Valley, just 6.79% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Monument Valley in 2022 was $16,457, which is low income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,828 for a family of four. However, Monument Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Monument Valley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.46% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Monument Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Monument Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monument Valley residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Monument Valley include German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Monument Valley is Navajo. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and English.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In addition, the neighborhood is unique for having just 6.8% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% of America's neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 86.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 84.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. This is a higher percentage than 100.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Monument Valley are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.0%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Native American languages, spoken by 84.5% of households. Some people also speak English (19.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Monument Valley, UT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (86.1%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (2.9%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.