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Montgomery County, PA

868,742 Population
483 square miles 1,798.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$59,425 ±$1,747 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$106,748 ±$2,787 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7% ±0.7% (58,892  ±6,299) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.2 minutes ±0.5 (10,096,235  ±284,795) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

338,467 ±2,521 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (845,569  ±287) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.8% ±1% (11,117  ±1,997) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

352,167 ±150 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$445,000 ±$7,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.7% ±0.8% (74,857  ±6,556.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95% ±1.9% (585,964  ±11,511.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
52.5% ±1.3% (323,695  ±8,034.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

15.2% ±0.8% (125,043  ±6,731.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 13% 1,598,408 (±0.2% / ±27,363.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

11.6% (100,736  ±5,385) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.6% ±0.4% (31,677  ±2,761) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
31,677 Total veterans ±2,761 28,934 Male ±2,494 2,743 Female ±835

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