Ideal vs Montezuma

A side-by-side comparison of Ideal and Montezuma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montezuma has the higher population (3,002 vs 648 in Ideal). Montezuma has the higher median household income ($52,771 vs $24,219 in Ideal). Montezuma has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $53,000 in Ideal).

Population, income & housing

	Ideal	Montezuma
Population	648	3,002
Median age	41.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$24,219	$52,771
Median home value	$53,000	$95,900
Median gross rent	$643	$691
Housing units	254	1,505
Homeownership rate	48.0%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ideal	Montezuma
Population	312 → 648 (+107.7%)	3,063 → 3,002 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $24,219 (+9.2%)	$36,955 → $52,771 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$60,900 → $53,000 (-13.0%)	$78,300 → $95,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $643 (+53.5%)	$597 → $691 (+15.7%)

Ideal

Population

312648

Median household income

$22,188$24,219

Median home value

$60,900$53,000

Median gross rent

$419$643

Montezuma

Population

3,0633,002

Median household income

$36,955$52,771

Median home value

$78,300$95,900

Median gross rent

$597$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ideal	Montezuma
Under 5	6.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	24.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	1.5%	18.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.1%
75 and over	13.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ideal	Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	18.6%
Black or African American	84.3%	74.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ideal	Montezuma
No high school diploma	38.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ideal	Montezuma
Drove alone	88.5%	73.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ideal	Montezuma
1-unit, detached	54.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Ideal	Montezuma
Poverty rate	51.5%	15.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1979	1973