Montgomery City vs Wellsville

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

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

Montgomery City has the higher population (2,810 vs 1,197 in Wellsville). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($61,635 vs $51,707 in Montgomery City). Montgomery City has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $74,100 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
Population	2,810	1,197
Median age	37.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,707	$61,635
Median home value	$137,500	$74,100
Median gross rent	$723	$531
Housing units	1,373	485
Homeownership rate	64.8%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
Population	2,677 → 2,810 (+5.0%)	1,186 → 1,197 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$42,526 → $51,707 (+21.6%)	$42,697 → $61,635 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $137,500 (+44.6%)	$69,700 → $74,100 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $723 (+15.5%)	$585 → $531 (-9.2%)

Montgomery City

Population

2,6772,810

Median household income

$42,526$51,707

Median home value

$95,100$137,500

Median gross rent

$626$723

Wellsville

Population

1,1861,197

Median household income

$42,697$61,635

Median home value

$69,700$74,100

Median gross rent

$585$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
Under 5	8.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	13.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.7%
75 and over	9.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	94.0%
Black or African American	5.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
No high school diploma	9.6%	18.5%
High school graduate	40.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
Drove alone	80.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	77.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery City	Wellsville
Poverty rate	19.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1975	1965