Montgomery vs Skidaway Island

A side-by-side comparison of Montgomery and Skidaway Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Montgomery and Skidaway Island are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Skidaway Island has the higher population (8,907 vs 4,704 in Montgomery). Skidaway Island has the higher median household income ($121,991 vs $86,500 in Montgomery). Skidaway Island has the higher median home value ($763,100 vs $393,700 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
Population	4,704	8,907
Median age	36.3 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$121,991
Median home value	$393,700	$763,100
Median gross rent	$1,249	$2,673
Housing units	2,089	4,629
Homeownership rate	82.1%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
Population	4,584 → 4,704 (+2.6%)	8,986 → 8,907 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$57,129 → $86,500 (+51.4%)	$93,690 → $121,991 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$207,300 → $393,700 (+89.9%)	$495,700 → $763,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,249 (+34.2%)	$1,362 → $2,673 (+96.3%)

Montgomery

Population

4,5844,704

Median household income

$57,129$86,500

Median home value

$207,300$393,700

Median gross rent

$931$1,249

Skidaway Island

Population

8,9868,907

Median household income

$93,690$121,991

Median home value

$495,700$763,100

Median gross rent

$1,362$2,673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	8.4%
18 to 24	14.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	6.4%
55 to 64	7.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	26.7%
75 and over	12.4%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	84.9%
Black or African American	12.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
Drove alone	82.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	13.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	22.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
1-unit, detached	87.6%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Skidaway Island
Poverty rate	11.5%	2.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1984	1990