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Montgomery, AL

195,275 Population
159.9 square miles 1,221.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,362 ±$2,239 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $34,146 ±$1,733
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
$57,300 ±$4,658 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $62,362 ±$3,193
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711

19.7% ±2.9% (36,559  ±5,371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 16.3% † 60,292 (±2% / ±7,208)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)

22.1 minutes ±1.7 (1,755,040  ±158,015) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 24.7 3,873,450 (±1.2 / ±224,247)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 52,788,320 (±0.2 / ±614,334)

Families

82,966 ±2,065 Number of households
  • the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 153,926 ±2,761
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
2.3 ±0.1 (188,249  ±280) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 2.4 371,842 (±0.1 / ±1,984)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454

5.3% ±2% (2,592  ±966) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,750 (±1.6% / ±1,446)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)

Housing

95,716 ±1,141 Number of housing units
  • the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 174,162 ±815
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220

$158,500 ±$8,737 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $193,200 ±$9,213
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406

17.2% ±2.8% (33,257  ±5,473.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 12.8% † 48,823 (±1.7% / ±6,305.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)

Social

90.1% ±4.5% (116,862  ±5,916.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 90.1% 235,635 (±3% / ±8,002.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
33.1% ±2.7% (42,957  ±3,475.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 30.8% 80,633 (±1.8% / ±4,815.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)

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

6.6% ±1.2% (12,971  ±2,405) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 4.6% † 17,638 (±0.7% / ±2,763)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143

8.6% ±1.4% (12,608  ±1,972) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 9.4% † 27,578 (±1% / ±2,884)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
12,608 Total veterans ±1,972 10,614 Male ±1,728 1,994 Female ±878

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