It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Monahans has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Monahans has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Monahans than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Monahans may be for you.
Monahans is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Monahans with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.61% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Monahans in 2022 was $31,575, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,300 for a family of four. However, Monahans contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Monahans is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Monahans 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 Monahans, accounting for 57.91% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Monahans residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Monahans include English, Irish, German, European, and African.
The most common language spoken in Monahans is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
