Montgomery vs Whitemarsh Island

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

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

Whitemarsh Island has the higher population (6,918 vs 4,704 in Montgomery). Whitemarsh Island has the higher median household income ($113,250 vs $86,500 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($393,700 vs $360,400 in Whitemarsh Island).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
Population	4,704	6,918
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$113,250
Median home value	$393,700	$360,400
Median gross rent	$1,249	$1,724
Housing units	2,089	3,123
Homeownership rate	82.1%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
Population	4,584 → 4,704 (+2.6%)	6,893 → 6,918 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$57,129 → $86,500 (+51.4%)	$74,318 → $113,250 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$207,300 → $393,700 (+89.9%)	$246,400 → $360,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,249 (+34.2%)	$1,257 → $1,724 (+37.2%)

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

Whitemarsh Island

Population

6,8936,918

Median household income

$74,318$113,250

Median home value

$246,400$360,400

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
Under 5	6.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	18.3%
55 to 64	7.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.5%
75 and over	12.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	80.2%
Black or African American	12.2%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	21.6%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
Drove alone	82.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
1-unit, detached	87.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Whitemarsh Island
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1984	1993