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Montgomery, AL

196,986 Population
159.9 square miles 1,232.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$30,395 ±$1,843 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $32,355 ±$1,301
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $33,777 ±$383
$55,108 ±$4,447 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $60,677 ±$2,961
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $59,674 ±$727

18.5% ±3.8% (35,038  ±7,145) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 15.4% † 57,410 (±2.1% / ±7,939)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 16.2% 800,395 (±0.5% / ±23,225)

19.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,592,505  ±53,641) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 23.6 3,708,260 (±0.4 / ±87,606)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

80,462 ±2,339 Number of households
  • the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 152,492 ±2,773
  • Alabama: 2,016,448 ±11,475
2.4 ±0.1 (190,262  ±229) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 2.5 374,842 (±0.1 / ±1,576)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,932,977

5.5% ±2.5% (2,659  ±1,209) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 5.9% † 5,476 (±1.8% / ±1,652)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.2% 61,506 (±0.4% / ±4,652)

Housing

95,367 ±903 Number of housing units
  • the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 173,862 ±842
  • Alabama: 2,339,582 ±307

$155,200 ±$10,868 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: $180,200 ±$7,974
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $200,900 ±$2,774

17.7% ±3% (34,521  ±5,796.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 14% † 53,719 (±2% / ±7,684.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 12.4% 624,896 (±0.4% / ±22,027.6)

Social

90.1% ±4.8% (118,606  ±6,380.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 89.8% 238,022 (±3.1% / ±8,364.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.8% 3,085,627 (±0.8% / ±28,475.7)
35.4% ±2.7% (46,584  ±3,637.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 31.7% 84,040 (±1.8% / ±4,705)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.8% 1,000,791 (±0.5% / ±15,844.9)

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

4.8% ±0.7% (9,524  ±1,389) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 3.9% † 15,287 (±0.6% / ±2,143)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 191,234

8.4% ±1.2% (12,504  ±1,768) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area: 8.8% 25,905 (±0.9% / ±2,532)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,619 (±0.2% / ±7,848)
12,504 Total veterans ±1,768 9,617 Male ±1,616 2,887 Female ±927

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