Montgomery

Population & Demographics

Montgomery, AL

Montgomery is home to 197,494 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 76,224 resident workers commute each day.

AlabamaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
197,494
people
Population

197,494 residents

Median age 36.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Montgomery population & demographics

Who lives in Montgomery — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
197,494
Median age
36.6yrs
Median household income
$56,811
Median home value
$161,900
Median gross rent
$1,089/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.8%
Poverty rate
21.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Montgomery

How Montgomery breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black62.8%
White25.8%
Hispanic or Latino4.9%
Asian3.4%
Two or more races2.9%
Some other race0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Montgomery

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Montgomery.

Montgomery at a glance
Employed Residents
76,224
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
21.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
63.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Prattville
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Montgomery proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Montgomery commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

71 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Montgomery

76,224 commutes, one dot at a time

Montgomery

Where 76,224 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Montgomery, by worker count.

1Montgomery0.0 mi48,575
2Prattville12.5 mi1,902
3Birmingham86.0 mi1,769
4Huntsville162.9 mi1,080
5Hoover76.9 mi874
6Wetumpka12.9 mi869
7Auburn48.9 mi723
8Opelika55.4 mi717

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Montgomery.

1Montgomery0.0 mi48,575
2Prattville12.5 mi6,300
3Millbrook11.4 mi3,069
4Pike Road11.5 mi2,659
5Mobile159.3 mi1,371
6Auburn48.9 mi1,329
7Redland10.2 mi1,296
8Wetumpka12.9 mi1,282

Top industries

The sectors that employ Montgomery’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PAPublic Administration15.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.6%
RTRetail Trade9.8%
MFManufacturing9.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.1%
EDEducational Services5.8%
FIFinance and Insurance4.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Montgomery

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps65%
5 Gbps65%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Montgomery

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).