Montgomery Village vs Olney

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

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

Olney has the higher population (36,000 vs 34,161 in Montgomery Village). Olney has the higher median household income ($171,766 vs $96,487 in Montgomery Village). Olney has the higher median home value ($632,400 vs $367,100 in Montgomery Village).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery Village	Olney
Population	34,161	36,000
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,487	$171,766
Median home value	$367,100	$632,400
Median gross rent	$1,883	$2,409
Housing units	12,908	12,076
Homeownership rate	66.4%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery Village	Olney
Population	34,332 → 34,161 (-0.5%)	35,191 → 36,000 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$80,440 → $96,487 (+19.9%)	$143,396 → $171,766 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$305,400 → $367,100 (+20.2%)	$506,400 → $632,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,631 → $1,883 (+15.5%)	$1,948 → $2,409 (+23.7%)

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

Olney

Population

35,19136,000

Median household income

$143,396$171,766

Median home value

$506,400$632,400

Median gross rent

$1,948$2,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery Village	Olney
Under 5	8.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.3%
75 and over	5.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery Village	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	54.9%
Black or African American	23.6%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.2%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery Village	Olney
No high school diploma	12.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	20.8%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery Village	Olney
Drove alone	59.6%	62.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.2%
Public transit	8.4%	2.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.1%	26.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery Village	Olney
1-unit, detached	21.3%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	51.4%	28.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	8.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery Village	Olney
Poverty rate	11.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.78	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1980	1986