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!) Montague 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. Montague has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Montague than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Montague may be for you.
Being a small town, Montague does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Montague is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.45% of adults in Montague have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Montague in 2022 was $35,941, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,764 for a family of four. However, Montague contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Montague home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montague residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Montague include Irish, English, Polish, French, and German.
The most common language spoken in Montague is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
