About Montpelier

Montpelier is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 5,764 people and just one neighborhood, Montpelier is the 143rd largest community in Virginia.

Montpelier is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Montpelier is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montpelier who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.49%), sales jobs (13.10%), and management occupations (9.98%).

One downside of living in Montpelier, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.08 minutes every day commuting to work.

Montpelier is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Montpelier isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.19% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Montpelier Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Montpelier is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.68% of adults in Montpelier have a college degree.

The per capita income in Montpelier in 2000 was $23,966, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,864 for a family of four.

Montpelier is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Montpelier home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Montpelier is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Montpelier include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Montpelier is English.