Montezuma vs Oglethorpe

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

Montezuma and Oglethorpe 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 1,069 in Oglethorpe). Montezuma has the higher median household income ($52,771 vs $25,071 in Oglethorpe). Montezuma has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $61,100 in Oglethorpe).

Population, income & housing

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
Population	3,002	1,069
Median age	37.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,771	$25,071
Median home value	$95,900	$61,100
Median gross rent	$691	$646
Housing units	1,505	682
Homeownership rate	65.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
Population	3,063 → 3,002 (-2.0%)	1,414 → 1,069 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$36,955 → $52,771 (+42.8%)	$21,406 → $25,071 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $95,900 (+22.5%)	$46,700 → $61,100 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $691 (+15.7%)	$536 → $646 (+20.5%)

Montezuma

Population

3,0633,002

Median household income

$36,955$52,771

Median home value

$78,300$95,900

Median gross rent

$597$691

Oglethorpe

Population

1,4141,069

Median household income

$21,406$25,071

Median home value

$46,700$61,100

Median gross rent

$536$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
Under 5	3.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.3%
75 and over	4.4%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	20.3%
Black or African American	74.0%	77.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
No high school diploma	11.0%	19.3%
High school graduate	32.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
Drove alone	73.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.0%
Other means	1.9%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
1-unit, detached	75.3%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Montezuma	Oglethorpe
Poverty rate	15.4%	30.5%
Average household size	2.67	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1973	1973