One of the benefits of Montrose is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.61 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Montrose 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.
In terms of college education, Montrose is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.67% of adults in Montrose have a college degree.
The per capita income in Montrose in 2018 was $36,241, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,964 for a family of four. However, Montrose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Montrose is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Montrose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montrose residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Montrose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Montrose include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Montrose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
