Monticello is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,638 people and four associated neighborhoods, Monticello is the 359th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Monticello is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Monticello is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Monticello who work in office and administrative support (15.95%), healthcare (9.05%), and sales jobs (8.21%). Also of interest is that Monticello 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 Monticello telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.58% 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. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Monticello 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. Monticello has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Monticello than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Monticello may be for you. Monticello is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Monticello who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.40% of adults in Monticello have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Monticello in 2022 was $26,359, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,436 for a family of four. However, Monticello contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Monticello is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Monticello home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monticello residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Monticello include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Monticello is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
