Allen vs Montgomery

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (318 vs 212 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $54,000 in Montgomery). Allen has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $93,100 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Montgomery
Population	212	318
Median age	47.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$54,000
Median home value	$121,400	$93,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,175
Housing units	102	127
Homeownership rate	91.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	24.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Montgomery
Population	289 → 212 (-26.6%)	393 → 318 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$43,000 → $61,667 (+43.4%)	$35,000 → $54,000 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $121,400 (+57.9%)	$61,700 → $93,100 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $519 (-14.2%)	$811 → $1,175 (+44.9%)

Allen

Population

289212

Median household income

$43,000$61,667

Median home value

$76,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$605$519

Montgomery

Population

393318

Median household income

$35,000$54,000

Median home value

$61,700$93,100

Median gross rent

$811$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Montgomery
Under 5	7.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	6.6%
75 and over	9.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Montgomery
No high school diploma	29.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Montgomery
Drove alone	78.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	19.2%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	82.4%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Montgomery
Poverty rate	29.2%	28.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938