Le Center vs Montgomery

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (3,366 vs 2,514 in Le Center). Montgomery has the higher median household income ($74,018 vs $66,864 in Le Center). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $189,800 in Le Center).

Population, income & housing

	Le Center	Montgomery
Population	2,514	3,366
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,864	$74,018
Median home value	$189,800	$218,900
Median gross rent	$856	$896
Housing units	1,034	1,467
Homeownership rate	69.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Le Center	Montgomery
Population	2,475 → 2,514 (+1.6%)	2,977 → 3,366 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $66,864 (+22.3%)	$55,337 → $74,018 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $189,800 (+35.2%)	$151,600 → $218,900 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $856 (+21.9%)	$909 → $896 (-1.4%)

Le Center

Population

2,4752,514

Median household income

$54,659$66,864

Median home value

$140,400$189,800

Median gross rent

$702$856

Montgomery

Population

2,9773,366

Median household income

$55,337$74,018

Median home value

$151,600$218,900

Median gross rent

$909$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Le Center	Montgomery
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.3%
75 and over	6.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Le Center	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Le Center	Montgomery
No high school diploma	10.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	40.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Le Center	Montgomery
Drove alone	80.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Le Center	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	79.7%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Le Center	Montgomery
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1961	1963