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Montgomery County

Pennsylvania · 877,643 residents (2025 est.) · 483 sq mi
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Montgomery County is a county of 867,573 people in Pennsylvania. 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. That puts it in the top 1% of US counties for household income. That is roughly 46% ahead of the Pennsylvania median. Households take in $113,915 a year at the median, 38% more than the country as a whole. Density works out to 1,796 people per square mile.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $113,915, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.2
US median: 38.9
More educated
53% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 51%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Montgomery County

What changed most since 1990

  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$341,770 → $436,700 (+28%)US over the same years: +67%
  • Adults with a bachelor's degree32.1% → 53.0% (+20.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts

Among the 67 counties in Pennsylvania

  • 3rd in household income$113,915
  • 2nd in share with a bachelor's degree53.0%
  • 3rd in home value$436,700
  • 7th in diversity score58.5
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
867,573
+16%since 2000
from 750,097 in 2000
877,643 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
1,796 / sq mi
+16%since 2000
from 1,553 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
41.2
+8%since 2000
from 38.2 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
483 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
659K716K773K830K887K19902000201020202024Montgomery County
2024868K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.2%(45,190)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96%(52,442)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.1%(52,675)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.3%(54,794)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.6%(48,447)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3412.3%(106,458)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4413.5%(117,507)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.5%(108,591)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6413.6%(118,363)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7410.8%(93,414)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.5%(47,788)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.5%(21,904)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$113,915
+3%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $60,829 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$62,159
+101%since 2000
from $30,898 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
67.4%
+17.0 ptssince 2009
from 50.4% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
6.5%
+2.1 ptssince 2000
from 4.4% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.473
+4%since 2010
from 0.454 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade11.5%
US avg: 9.9%
Other services9.9%
US avg: 6.7%
Information9.8%
US avg: 10.8%
Public administration7.8%
US avg: 4.8%
Wholesale trade5.6%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance3.8%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing2.4%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food2%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.8%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.3%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$436,700
+51%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $158,900 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,683
+22%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $757 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
71.4%
−2.1 ptssince 2000
from 73.5% in 2000
28.6% rent
Vacancy rate
4.2%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 4.8% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.52 people
Unchangedsince 2009
from 2.51 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
20.1%
−9.5 ptssince 2009
from 29.5% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
46.3%
+3.5 ptssince 2009
from 42.9% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.8
−1%since 2009
from 3.9 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
47
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic85.3%(640,019)
Black7.4%(55,303)
Hispanic / Latino2%(15,300)
Asian4%(30,126)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic71.5%(619,965)
Black9.2%(79,399)
Hispanic / Latino6.7%(58,178)
Asian8%(69,790)
Other4.6%(40,241)
Diversity Score
58
+49%since 2009
from 39 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
29
−6%since 2020
from 31 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican2%(17,754)
Puerto Rican1.9%(16,425)
South American0.9%(7,375)
Central American0.7%(6,362)
Dominican0.3%(2,974)
Colombian0.3%(2,688)
Cuban0.3%(2,422)
Salvadoran0.2%(1,991)
Honduran0.2%(1,469)
Ecuadorian0.1%(1,238)
Guatemalan0.1%(1,191)
Venezuelan0.1%(941)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Spaniard0.1%(932)
Peruvian0.1%(821)
Argentine0.1%(606)
Costa Rican0.1%(552)
Nicaraguan0.1%(474)
Panamanian0.1%(453)
Chilean0%(424)
Paraguayan0%(300)
Bolivian0%(269)
Uruguayan0%(42)
Asian origin
Asian Indian3%(26,225)
Chinese1.7%(14,761)
Korean1.3%(11,394)
Vietnamese0.6%(5,100)
Filipino0.4%(3,525)
Bangladeshi0.2%(1,865)
Pakistani0.1%(1,283)
Cambodian0.1%(903)
Taiwanese0.1%(657)
Japanese0.1%(562)
Laotian0%(339)
Thai0%(307)
+ 9 more asian origin groups with data
Nepalese0%(272)
Indonesian0%(109)
Sri Lankan0%(106)
Uzbek0%(92)
Malaysian0%(45)
Kazakh0%(28)
Burmese0%(9)
Hmong0%(8)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(124)
Chamorro0%(88)
Tongan0%(60)
Ancestry
Irish18.9%(164,018)
German18.7%(161,855)
Italian13.4%(116,632)
English9.1%(79,159)
Polish5.5%(47,730)
American3.9%(33,582)
Russian2%(17,686)
Scottish1.6%(14,102)
French1.2%(10,817)
Ukrainian1.2%(10,424)
West Indian1.1%(9,128)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Welsh0.9%(8,023)
Arab0.9%(7,563)
Hungarian0.8%(6,812)
Scotch-Irish0.7%(6,013)
Dutch0.6%(5,500)
Swedish0.6%(4,820)
Lithuanian0.6%(4,789)
Jamaican0.5%(4,362)
Slovak0.5%(4,264)
Greek0.5%(4,029)
Austrian0.4%(3,707)
Norwegian0.4%(3,081)
British0.3%(2,835)
Swiss0.3%(2,711)
Haitian0.3%(2,436)
Portuguese0.3%(2,259)
Czech0.3%(2,222)
Egyptian0.3%(2,205)
Nigerian0.2%(1,820)
Romanian0.2%(1,803)
Lebanese0.2%(1,702)
Armenian0.2%(1,471)
French Canadian0.2%(1,378)
Canadian0.2%(1,311)
Danish0.1%(1,265)
Croatian0.1%(1,197)
Brazilian0.1%(1,069)
Finnish0.1%(881)
Iranian0.1%(875)
Guyanese0.1%(730)
Israeli0.1%(689)
Syrian0.1%(668)
Ghanaian0.1%(641)
Turkish0.1%(605)
Moroccan0.1%(503)
Belgian0.1%(453)
Bulgarian0%(377)
Serbian0%(295)
Latvian0%(289)
Ethiopian0%(289)
Iraqi0%(260)
Slovene0%(251)
Kenyan0%(161)
Barbadian0%(156)
Jordanian0%(76)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
53.0%
+14.3 ptssince 2000
from 38.7% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
95.1%
+6.6 ptssince 2000
from 88.5% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
23.5%
+7.9 ptssince 2000
from 15.7% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.8 min
+47%since 2000
from 18.9 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
64.4%
−15.3 ptssince 2009
from 79.8% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
6.2%
−1.7 ptssince 2009
from 7.9% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
2.9%
−1.5 ptssince 2009
from 4.5% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
23.3%
+19.4 ptssince 2009
from 3.8% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
2.0%
−1.2 ptssince 2009
from 3.1% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.3% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.7%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 5.4% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.5%
−1.5 ptssince 2011
from 6.0% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
67.8%
−1.5 ptssince 2011
from 69.3% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
80.8%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 80.2% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
11.0%
+0.7 ptssince 2009
from 10.3% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
54.3%
+7.3 ptssince 2009
from 47.0% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.0%
+0.4 ptssince 2009
from 48.6% in 2009
Female
51.0%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 51.4% in 2009
Foreign born
11.5%
+3.0 ptssince 2009
from 8.4% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
4.7%
−4.8 ptssince 2009
from 9.5% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
10.7%
+1.7 ptssince 2012
from 9.0% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
3.9%
−2.8 ptssince 2013
from 6.7% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
94.3%
+7.7 ptssince 2017
from 86.6% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.7%
+2.2 ptssince 2020
from 94.5% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
90.2%
+1.4 ptssince 2020
from 88.7% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
85.3%
−1.3 ptssince 2016
from 86.6% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
4.1%
+0.7 ptssince 2016
from 3.4% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married34.1%(118,643)
Married56.2%(195,598)
Widowed2.7%(9,253)
Divorced7.1%(24,708)
Women 15+
Never married29.4%(108,680)
Married52%(191,984)
Widowed8.6%(31,648)
Divorced10%(36,752)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
3.9%
−2.8 ptssince 2013
from 6.7% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
67.9%
−1.5 ptssince 2020
from 69.4% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
15.7%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 16.7% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
18.7%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 17.9% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
12.3%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 10.8% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.2%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 1.3% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
80.6%
−2.6 ptssince 2020
from 83.2% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
29.2%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 27.4% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.9%(6,060)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.4%(5,592)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.4%(11,689)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.4%(2,390)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.8%(902)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 32,143 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Montgomery County, decade by decade

Montgomery County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990678,111$104,931$341,77032.1%21.7
2000750,097$110,809$289,46138.7%33.0
2010799,874$109,878$427,54344.2%45.3
2020856,553$113,347$395,36749.6%57.4
2024867,573$113,915$436,70053.0%58.5

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania?

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has about 867,573 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania?

The typical household in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania earns about $113,915 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Montgomery County, Pennsylvania expensive?

In Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, the median home is worth about $436,700, and the typical rent is about $1,683 a month.

How educated are people in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania?

About 53.0% of adults age 25 and over in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania?

About 6.5% of people in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania live below the federal poverty line.

Has Montgomery County, Pennsylvania grown since 1990?

Yes, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has grown since 1990. The population has added about 189,462 residents, a change of about 28 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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