Montgomery vs Thunderbolt

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (4,704 vs 2,552 in Thunderbolt). Montgomery has the higher median household income ($86,500 vs $69,191 in Thunderbolt). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($393,700 vs $303,500 in Thunderbolt).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
Population	4,704	2,552
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$69,191
Median home value	$393,700	$303,500
Median gross rent	$1,249	$1,614
Housing units	2,089	1,442
Homeownership rate	82.1%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
Population	4,584 → 4,704 (+2.6%)	2,651 → 2,552 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$57,129 → $86,500 (+51.4%)	$60,819 → $69,191 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$207,300 → $393,700 (+89.9%)	$212,000 → $303,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,249 (+34.2%)	$1,111 → $1,614 (+45.3%)

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

Thunderbolt

Population

2,6512,552

Median household income

$60,819$69,191

Median home value

$212,000$303,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
Under 5	6.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	14.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	14.1%
75 and over	12.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	61.9%
Black or African American	12.2%	32.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
Drove alone	82.2%	75.2%
Carpooled	13.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	18.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
1-unit, detached	87.6%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	35.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Thunderbolt
Poverty rate	11.5%	17.8%
Average household size	2.51	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1984	1976