Menomonie is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Menomonie area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Menomonie maintain a good economy.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Menomonie spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.77 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The citizens of Menomonie are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.17% of adults in Menomonie have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Menomonie in 2022 was $28,021, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,084 for a family of four. However, Menomonie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Menomonie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Menomonie residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Menomonie include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Menomonie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Miao/Hmong.
