Monticello vs Spanish Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Monticello and Spanish Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Monticello and Spanish Valley are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monticello has the higher population (1,941 vs 925 in Spanish Valley). Spanish Valley has the higher median household income ($67,108 vs $63,750 in Monticello). Spanish Valley has the higher median home value ($757,400 vs $307,900 in Monticello).

Population, income & housing

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
Population	1,941	925
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$67,108
Median home value	$307,900	$757,400
Median gross rent	$1,065	—
Housing units	732	323
Homeownership rate	78.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
Population	2,604 → 1,941 (-25.5%)	577 → 925 (+60.3%)
Median household income	$63,500 → $63,750 (+0.4%)	$105,313 → $67,108 (-36.3%)
Median home value	$175,500 → $307,900 (+75.4%)	$311,700 → $757,400 (+143.0%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,065 (+17.8%)	—

Monticello

Population

2,6041,941

Median household income

$63,500$63,750

Median home value

$175,500$307,900

Median gross rent

$904$1,065

Spanish Valley

Population

577925

Median household income

$105,313$67,108

Median home value

$311,700$757,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
Under 5	6.4%	11.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	25.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	21.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	21.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	5.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	5.0%
75 and over	7.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
Drove alone	46.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	14.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	18.9%
Other means	6.2%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
1-unit, detached	86.1%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Monticello	Spanish Valley
Poverty rate	5.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.77	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1973	2004