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Montgomery, WV

1,516 Population
1.6 square miles 935.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,979 ±$5,180 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,557 ±$962
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$27,679 ±$12,833 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,620 ±$2,324
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.3% ±7.7% (399  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 21.6% 23,247 (±2.1% / ±2,212)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±7.1 (10,225  ±4,928) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 25.9 989,010 (±1 / ±54,160)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

687 ±145 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 44,952 ±816
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (1,411  ±350) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 108,137 (±0 / ±27)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±2.4% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 3.7% † 847 (±1% / ±228)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

885 ±170 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,688 ±50
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$133,000 ±$58,417 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $129,600 ±$7,251
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21% ±8.5% (317  ±147.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.1% 11,263 (±1% / ±1,096)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±25.6% (977  ±193.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 86.3% 69,753 (±2.5% / ±2,017.6)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±8.8% (223  ±111.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.1% 16,279 (±1.3% / ±1,053.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 1.1% 1,207
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±2.7% (73  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.1% 6,313 (±0.6% / ±561)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
73 Total veterans ±38 58 Male ±36 15 Female ±17

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