Balmville vs Montgomery

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (3,800 vs 3,725 in Balmville). Balmville has the higher median household income ($107,204 vs $88,348 in Montgomery). Balmville has the higher median home value ($359,600 vs $345,700 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Balmville	Montgomery
Population	3,725	3,800
Median age	47.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,204	$88,348
Median home value	$359,600	$345,700
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,473
Housing units	1,373	1,600
Homeownership rate	74.8%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balmville	Montgomery
Population	3,476 → 3,725 (+7.2%)	4,527 → 3,800 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$79,464 → $107,204 (+34.9%)	$80,500 → $88,348 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$262,800 → $359,600 (+36.8%)	$247,800 → $345,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,754 → $1,671 (-4.7%)	$1,298 → $1,473 (+13.5%)

Balmville

Population

3,4763,725

Median household income

$79,464$107,204

Median home value

$262,800$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,754$1,671

Montgomery

Population

4,5273,800

Median household income

$80,500$88,348

Median home value

$247,800$345,700

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balmville	Montgomery
Under 5	4.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.7%
75 and over	8.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balmville	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	48.6%
Black or African American	22.5%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balmville	Montgomery
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balmville	Montgomery
Drove alone	74.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.8%
Public transit	6.3%	2.4%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balmville	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	80.3%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Balmville	Montgomery
Poverty rate	3.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1961	1982