City · San Juan County, Utah

Monticello, Utah

Monticello is a city in San Juan County, Utah. It has 2,200 residents. Monticello, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 50 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,789 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #150 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), property crime rate (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), food environment index (low) and distance to an airport (high).

50Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,789 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #150 of 175 in UT
Population: 2,200 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 656.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4951580

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety44#8,777/15,637
Economy61#6,108/15,631
Housing86#2,135/14,977
Health33#10,510/15,609
Healthcare40#9,366/15,650
Environment95#753/15,453
Education25#11,746/15,649
Infrastructure56#6,823/15,650
Community15#13,256/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,235/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Monticello, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “San Juan County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low1.1
99/100Utah 47.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencySan Juan County value
Property crime rate · low216 /100k
99/100Utah 1,416 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSan Juan County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.4 µg/m³
98/100Utah 7.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Juan County value
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Utah 3.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.311
98/100Utah 0.427United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Public libraries · high3.5 /10k
97/100Utah 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSan Juan County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low16.0%
0/100Utah 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Food environment index · low4.3
1/100Utah 7.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Distance to an airport · high213 mi
1/100Utah 31 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSan Juan County value
Mammography screening · low25.0%
1/100Utah 45.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Social associations · low2.1 /10k
1/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Reading scores · low2.47
1/100Utah 3.18United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,604 (2015-2019) → 2,200 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
30.4% (2015-2019) → 5.2% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
0.9 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+103%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
15.2% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
15.4 min (2015-2019) → 23.3 min (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.8× (2015-2019) → 4.1× (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Monticello, Utah improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Child poverty−15 points15.2% → 0.0%

Declined1

Price / income+1.4×2.8× → 4.1×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Monticello, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.4 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	+7.9 min	Within the margin of error	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	77.0%2015-2019	83.7%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Child poverty rate	15.2%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	0.86%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	82%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	12%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3842015-2019	0.3112020-2024	−0.073	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$63,5002015-2019	$72,9692020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	23%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	18.6%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.3%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Monticello, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Monticello, Utah in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Monticello, Utah itself moved −5.8 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,200 residents (±452)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

731 households (±138)

Monticello, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k13%†92
$25k–50k15%†106
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

731 households (±138)

Monticello, Utah
Utah share

Own79%580
Rent21%†151

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

797 workers (±231)

Monticello, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone47%†375
Carpool24%†191
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of San Juan County, the county holding most of Monticello's residents.

San Juan County has 285 employer establishments, 199 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Utah's), with 3,172 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,474. The Census Bureau also counts 996 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 285; 996 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 199; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 3,172
Average annual pay: $47,474; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of San Juan County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Traveler accommodation	26	18.2	10.1×More than typical	392	$31,561	17
Ambulatory health care services	25	17.5	0.84×About typical	650	$58,557	61
Restaurants and other eating places	20	14	0.76×Fewer than typical	132	$23,061	11
Specialty trade contractors	20	14	0.90×About typical	170	$41,506	57
Construction of buildings	16	11.2	1.48×More than typical	38	$33,711	43
Gasoline stations	14	9.8	3.01×More than typical	154	$32,727	—
Full-service restaurants	12	8.4	1.09×About typical	64	$30,281	—
Building equipment contractors	9	6.3	1.04×Too few to compare	57	$39,018	7
Offices of other health practitioners	8	5.6	0.92×Too few to compare	25	$45,080	21
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	4.9	0.97×Too few to compare	47	$28,234	19
Limited-service restaurants	7	4.9	0.61×Too few to compare	67	$16,060	7
Other specialty trade contractors	7	4.9	1.95×Too few to compare	53	$38,264	22

Rank places for an industry Open San Juan County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,324 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Monticello is mostly in San Juan County.

See federal money in San Juan County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Monticello, Utah is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike KennedyR-UT-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

San Juan County32100% of residents

Other cities and towns in San Juan County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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