Census Reporter

Montgomery County, AL

226,486 Population
785.3 square miles 288.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,319 ±$1,321 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $28,650 ±$323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$53,117 ±$2,094 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $51,734 ±$600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

14.6% ±2.2% (31,789  ±4,854) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 15.5% 739,108 (±0.5% / ±24,870)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

20.5 minutes ±0.9 (2,037,490  ±116,827) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 52,412,110 (±0.3 / ±695,900)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

88,864 ±2,242 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,897,576 ±10,370
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0.1 (219,206  ±2,290) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,786,560 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

3.9% ±1.2% (2,222  ±671) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,542 (±0.3% / ±3,947)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

105,314 ±927 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,284,922 ±264
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$134,300 ±$7,150 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $154,000 ±$2,032
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

21.6% ±2.8% (48,430  ±6,321) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 13.4% 651,811 (±0.5% / ±21,998.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

89.6% ±4.1% (135,492  ±6,215.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 87.1% 2,926,985 (±0.8% / ±28,118.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
35.4% ±2.5% (53,547  ±3,763) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 26.4% 885,357 (±0.5% / ±16,169.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

4.3% ±0.5% (9,738  ±1,209) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.6% 174,952 (±0.2% / ±7,356)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

9.8% ±1.2% (16,738  ±2,105) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 8.4% 318,254 (±0.2% / ±8,711)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
16,738 Total veterans ±2,105 12,326 Male ±1,738 4,412 Female ±1,268

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