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Monrovia, CA
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Monrovia profile


Living in Monrovia



Monrovia is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 36,893 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Monrovia is the 220th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Monrovia 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.

Of important note, Monrovia is also a city of artists. Monrovia has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Monrovia’s character.

Also of interest is that Monrovia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.78% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Monrovia, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.93 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Monrovia ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Monrovia, 43.16% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Monrovia in 2018 was $44,566, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $178,264 for a family of four. However, Monrovia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Monrovia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Monrovia 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 Monrovia, accounting for 45.11% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Monrovia residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Monrovia include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Norwegian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Monrovia's cultural character, accounting for 25.22% of the city’s population.

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