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Montgomery County, IL

27,942 Population
703.8 square miles 39.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,451 ±$1,857 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,620 ±$4,881 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±1.8% (3,229  ±465) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±1.4 (235,405  ±17,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,319 ±276 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (25,669  ±115) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±2.3% (401  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,495 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$112,300 ±$7,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±1.8% (2,926  ±497.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±3.5% (18,363  ±708.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±1.7% (3,728  ±343.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • 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

0.8% (218  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±1.1% (1,917  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,917 Total veterans ±255 1,769 Male ±224 148 Female ±85

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