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El Monte, CA
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Living in El Monte



El Monte is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 105,312 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, El Monte is the 64th largest community in California.

Housing costs in El Monte are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

In El Monte, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

For the size of the city, public transportation in El Monte is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For El Monte, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The citizens of El Monte are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.68% of adults in El Monte have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in El Monte in 2018 was $22,865, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,460 for a family of four. However, El Monte contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

El Monte is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call El Monte home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in El Monte, accounting for 65.41% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of El Monte residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in El Monte include Irish, German, English, Italian, and European.

In addition, El Monte has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (49.21%).

The most common language spoken in El Monte is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Chinese.