It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Monson 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. Monson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Monson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Monson may be for you.
In Monson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.13 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
