Montgomery Village vs North Potomac

A side-by-side comparison of Montgomery Village and North Potomac: population, income, housing, and more.

Montgomery Village and North Potomac are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montgomery Village has the higher population (34,161 vs 23,994 in North Potomac). North Potomac has the higher median household income ($186,438 vs $96,487 in Montgomery Village). North Potomac has the higher median home value ($793,200 vs $367,100 in Montgomery Village).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
Population	34,161	23,994
Median age	37.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,487	$186,438
Median home value	$367,100	$793,200
Median gross rent	$1,883	$2,433
Housing units	12,908	8,433
Homeownership rate	66.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	77.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
Population	34,332 → 34,161 (-0.5%)	23,914 → 23,994 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$80,440 → $96,487 (+19.9%)	$171,066 → $186,438 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$305,400 → $367,100 (+20.2%)	$672,900 → $793,200 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,631 → $1,883 (+15.5%)	$2,129 → $2,433 (+14.3%)

Montgomery Village

Population

34,33234,161

Median household income

$80,440$96,487

Median home value

$305,400$367,100

Median gross rent

$1,631$1,883

North Potomac

Population

23,91423,994

Median household income

$171,066$186,438

Median home value

$672,900$793,200

Median gross rent

$2,129$2,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
Under 5	8.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.8%
75 and over	5.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	42.3%
Black or African American	23.6%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.2%	40.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
No high school diploma	12.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	20.8%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
Drove alone	59.6%	52.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.0%
Public transit	8.4%	3.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.1%	36.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
1-unit, detached	21.3%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	51.4%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery Village	North Potomac
Poverty rate	11.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1980	1988