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Montrose, CO
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Montrose is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 21,003 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Montrose is the 33rd largest community in Colorado.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Montrose spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.61 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small city, Montrose doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The overall education level of Montrose citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.67% of adults in Montrose have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Montrose in 2022 was $36,241, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,964 for a family of four. However, Montrose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Montrose is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Montrose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montrose residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Montrose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Montrose include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

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


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