About Monterey

Monterey is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 200 people and just one neighborhood, Monterey is the 353rd largest community in Kentucky.

Monterey is a blue-collar town, with 50.0% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Monterey is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Monterey who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.00%), business and financial occupations (10.00%), and management occupations (8.00%).

One downside of living in Monterey is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Monterey, the average commute to work is 33.20 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Monterey is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Monterey, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small city, Monterey does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Monterey Information and Demographics

The population of Monterey has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Monterey in 2000 was $8,452, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $33,808 for a family of four.

The people who call Monterey home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Monterey is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Monterey include Irish and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Monterey is English.