Monongahela, PA real estate and demographic information

About Monongahela

Monongahela is a very small city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,309 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Monongahela is the 344th largest community in Pennsylvania. Monongahela has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities, Monongahela isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Monongahela are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Monongahela is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Monongahela who work in office and administrative support (13.61%), sales jobs (13.10%) and healthcare (9.78%).

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!) Monongahela 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. Monongahela has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Monongahela than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Monongahela may be for you.

Monongahela Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Monongahela rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.28% of adults 25 and older in Monongahela have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Monongahela in 2010 was $21,359, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,436 for a family of four.

The people who call Monongahela home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monongahela residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Monongahela include Italian, Irish, English, German, Slovak and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Monongahela is English.