Monee is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,084 people and two associated neighborhoods, Monee is the 332nd largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Monee was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Monee economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Monee, where the median household income is $86,849.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.39% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Monee 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. Monee has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Monee than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Monee may be for you.

One downside of living in Monee is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Monee, the average commute to work is 36.97 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

In Monee, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day though Monee is a relatively small village. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The population of Monee overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Monee, 23.26% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Monee in 2022 was $60,890, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $243,560 for a family of four. However, Monee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Monee is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Monee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Monee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.96% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Monee include German, Irish, Polish, African, and English.

In addition, Monee has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.28%).

The most common language spoken in Monee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.