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Moneta, VA
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Moneta profile


Living in Moneta



Moneta is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 450 people and three associated neighborhoods, Moneta is the 340th largest community in Virginia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Moneta, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Moneta, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Moneta’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Moneta does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $31,141.00.

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

One downside of living in Moneta is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Moneta, the average commute to work is 34.84 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Moneta is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Moneta 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. 100.00% 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.

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

In terms of college education, Moneta is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.48% of adults in Moneta have a college degree.

The per capita income in Moneta in 2018 was $22,308, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,232 for a family of four. However, Moneta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Moneta also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 44.18% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

The most common language spoken in Moneta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.