Montgomery vs Tybee Island

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

Montgomery and Tybee Island 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 3,121 in Tybee Island). Tybee Island has the higher median household income ($112,778 vs $86,500 in Montgomery). Tybee Island has the higher median home value ($613,400 vs $393,700 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
Population	4,704	3,121
Median age	36.3 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$112,778
Median home value	$393,700	$613,400
Median gross rent	$1,249	$1,214
Housing units	2,089	3,337
Homeownership rate	82.1%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
Population	4,584 → 4,704 (+2.6%)	3,093 → 3,121 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$57,129 → $86,500 (+51.4%)	$80,897 → $112,778 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$207,300 → $393,700 (+89.9%)	$503,700 → $613,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,249 (+34.2%)	$1,208 → $1,214 (+0.5%)

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

Tybee Island

Population

3,0933,121

Median household income

$80,897$112,778

Median home value

$503,700$613,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
Under 5	6.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	6.0%
18 to 24	14.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	4.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.0%	22.8%
65 to 74	6.4%	26.4%
75 and over	12.4%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	94.9%
Black or African American	12.2%	2.5%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	21.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
Drove alone	82.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.3%	13.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
1-unit, detached	87.6%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Tybee Island
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1984	1984