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Montgomery, AL

195,826 Population
159.9 square miles 1,225 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,284 ±$3,556 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $39,379 ±$2,247
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
$59,292 ±$6,238 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $66,706 ±$4,823
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780

22.5% ±2.9% (41,905  ±5,360) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 17.1% † 63,194 (±1.9% / ±6,955)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)

20.7 minutes ±0.6 (1,611,795  ±58,536) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 24.3 3,779,835 (±0.4 / ±85,339)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

83,025 ±1,987 Number of households
  • the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 156,295 ±2,431
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
2.3 ±0.1 (187,779  ±186) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 2.4 371,574 (±0 / ±1,339)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179

7% ±3.2% (3,610  ±1,622) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 6.7% † 6,313 (±2.1% / ±1,987)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)

Housing

95,296 ±1,288 Number of housing units
  • the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 174,545 ±627
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264

$197,700 ±$12,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $220,500 ±$8,390
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461

15.7% ±3.5% (30,179  ±6,666.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 12.8% † 48,897 (±1.9% / ±7,375)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)

Social

90.8% ±5.1% (118,104  ±6,896.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 90.8% 240,999 (±3.3% / ±8,870.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
35.9% ±3.1% (46,695  ±4,127.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 33.2% 88,100 (±1.9% / ±5,100.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6% ±1.4% (11,719  ±2,638) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 4.3% † 16,484 (±0.7% / ±2,709)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850

8.1% ±1.2% (11,991  ±1,757) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 9.7% 28,500 (±0.9% / ±2,686)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
11,991 Total veterans ±1,757 9,472 Male ±1,644 2,519 Female ±1,113

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