Montgomery vs Waldron

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

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

Waldron has the higher population (605 vs 318 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median household income ($54,000 vs $45,750 in Waldron). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($93,100 vs $82,600 in Waldron).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Waldron
Population	318	605
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,000	$45,750
Median home value	$93,100	$82,600
Median gross rent	$1,175	$864
Housing units	127	281
Homeownership rate	90.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Waldron
Population	393 → 318 (-19.1%)	489 → 605 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $54,000 (+54.3%)	$46,250 → $45,750 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $93,100 (+50.9%)	$42,100 → $82,600 (+96.2%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,175 (+44.9%)	$690 → $864 (+25.2%)

Montgomery

Population

393318

Median household income

$35,000$54,000

Median home value

$61,700$93,100

Median gross rent

$811$1,175

Waldron

Population

489605

Median household income

$46,250$45,750

Median home value

$42,100$82,600

Median gross rent

$690$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Waldron
Under 5	8.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.1%
75 and over	3.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Waldron
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Waldron
Drove alone	86.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Waldron
1-unit, detached	86.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Waldron
Poverty rate	28.5%	14.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938