Census Reporter

Montgomery County, AL

225,763 Population
785.3 square miles 287.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,809 ±$1,754 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $27,525 ±$341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$49,989 ±$2,042 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $49,861 ±$783
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

19.8% ±2.5% (43,304  ±5,495) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 16.8% 800,422 (±0.4% / ±20,616)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

20.9 minutes ±0.9 (1,954,065  ±120,078) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.2 50,352,035 (±0.2 / ±661,709)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

87,553 ±2,304 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,855,184 ±11,821
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.5 ±0.1 (218,704  ±1,837) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.6 4,770,428 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.6% ±1.8% (3,155  ±1,026) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 5.8% 66,070 (±0.4% / ±4,793)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

105,170 ±737 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,274,711 ±284
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$134,800 ±$7,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $147,900 ±$2,304
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

19.2% ±2.4% (42,791  ±5,428.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 13.6% 659,332 (±0.5% / ±22,266.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

86.2% ±3.8% (130,430  ±5,730.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 86.6% 2,889,285 (±0.8% / ±27,007.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
31.3% ±2.2% (47,389  ±3,309.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 25.5% 852,037 (±0.5% / ±15,058.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

4.8% ±0.8% (10,812  ±1,747) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 3.3% 162,567 (±0.1% / ±6,299)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

9.1% ±1.1% (15,616  ±1,796) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 8.6% 324,612 (±0.3% / ±9,851)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
15,616 Total veterans ±1,796 13,845 Male ±1,716 1,771 Female ±539

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