Monmouth is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Monmouth area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Monmouth maintain a good economy.
In terms of college education, Monmouth 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: 29.09% of adults in Monmouth have a college degree.
The per capita income in Monmouth in 2022 was $25,277, which is low income relative to Oregon, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,108 for a family of four. However, Monmouth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Monmouth is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Monmouth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Monmouth residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Monmouth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Monmouth include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Monmouth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
