Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County has a population of 867,573 and has grown 2.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $436,700, about 3.8 times the county's median household income of $113,915.

Home price
$436,700
Income
$113,915
Population
867,573
Unemployment
4.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$436,700county
Median gross rent$1,683county
Median year homes here were built1971county
Share of homes built before 198061.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.2%county
Typical monthly rent$2,081county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,810county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,520county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,170county
Home insurance / yr$1,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.2(statewide)
Median household income$113,915county
Family health premium / yr$25,241(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,354(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.117(statewide)
Poverty rate6.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home23.3%county
Unemployment rate4.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government9.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.8%county
Economic output per resident$127,277county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.35%county
Top state income tax3.07%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.07%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.34%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time27.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service21 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15102261county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station11 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.7%county
Traffic deaths12.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher53.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.1%county
Public schools in the county158county
Public school enrollment108374county
Students per full-time teacher12.9county
Free lunch eligible34.0%county
Elementary schools94county
Middle schools36county
High schools28county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above15county
Share of local colleges that are public15.8%county
Two-year institutions4county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution5.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians131county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county15county
Hospitals here with an emergency department9county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.9%county
Frequent mental distress14.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity19.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population867,573county
Land area in square miles483county
People per square mile of land1796.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores150county
Convenience stores102county
Share living far from a food store29.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.9%county
Population change since 2020+2.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age41.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.8%county
Share of households that are one person27.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States11.5%county
Second languages14.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls54.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents73county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Households that moved in22,400county
Households that moved away22,754county
Average income of arriving households$97,688county
Average income of departing households$104,712county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,231county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings45.2%county
Violent crime rate246(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature53.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.9 incounty
Annual snowfall17.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.99 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F18 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing102 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days192 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 17county
Average first fall frostOct 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$144county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh17.0¢county
Household electricity use849 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.59(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas51.8%county
Homes heated by propane4.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil14.5%county
Homes heated by wood0.6%county
Households with broadband94.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk98.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk61.4county
Landslide risk68.3county
Hail risk42.7county
Earthquake risk94.2county
Tornado risk95.6county
Tropical cyclone risk89.9county
Extreme heat risk98.3county
Winter weather risk99.8county
Strong wind risk99.0county
Wildfire risk37.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Montgomery County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Pennsylvania figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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