Monticello is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,754 people and four associated neighborhoods, Monticello is the 359th largest community in Florida.Monticello is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Monticello is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Monticello who work in office and administrative support (17.15%), maintenance occupations (10.67%), and sales jobs (9.27%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.64% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. As is often the case in a small city, Monticello doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The overall education level of Monticello citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.45% of adults in Monticello have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Monticello in 2022 was $31,669, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,676 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, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Monticello is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
