Montgomery vs Pike Road

A side-by-side comparison of Montgomery and Pike Road: population, income, housing, and more.

Montgomery and Pike Road are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montgomery has the higher population (198,440 vs 10,103 in Pike Road). Pike Road has the higher median household income ($121,687 vs $55,687 in Montgomery). Pike Road has the higher median home value ($375,000 vs $148,500 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Pike Road
Population	198,440	10,103
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,687	$121,687
Median home value	$148,500	$375,000
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,615
Housing units	94,157	3,755
Homeownership rate	54.3%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Pike Road
Population	199,783 → 198,440 (-0.7%)	9,320 → 10,103 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$48,011 → $55,687 (+16.0%)	$102,734 → $121,687 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $148,500 (+22.5%)	$300,000 → $375,000 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,059 (+20.2%)	$1,239 → $1,615 (+30.3%)

Montgomery

Population

199,783198,440

Median household income

$48,011$55,687

Median home value

$121,200$148,500

Median gross rent

$881$1,059

Pike Road

Population

9,32010,103

Median household income

$102,734$121,687

Median home value

$300,000$375,000

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Pike Road
Under 5	6.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.7%
75 and over	6.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Pike Road
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	61.7%
Black or African American	62.8%	27.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Pike Road
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Pike Road
Drove alone	80.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Pike Road
1-unit, detached	69.6%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Pike Road
Poverty rate	20.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1977	2007