Gardnertown vs Montgomery

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

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

Gardnertown has the higher population (4,154 vs 3,800 in Montgomery). Gardnertown has the higher median household income ($112,043 vs $88,348 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($345,700 vs $277,900 in Gardnertown).

Population, income & housing

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
Population	4,154	3,800
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,043	$88,348
Median home value	$277,900	$345,700
Median gross rent	$2,440	$1,473
Housing units	1,537	1,600
Homeownership rate	81.9%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
Population	4,633 → 4,154 (-10.3%)	4,527 → 3,800 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$78,793 → $112,043 (+42.2%)	$80,500 → $88,348 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$218,700 → $277,900 (+27.1%)	$247,800 → $345,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,234 → $2,440 (+97.7%)	$1,298 → $1,473 (+13.5%)

Gardnertown

Population

4,6334,154

Median household income

$78,793$112,043

Median home value

$218,700$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,234$2,440

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)

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
Under 5	8.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	17.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.7%
75 and over	6.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	48.6%
Black or African American	14.8%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
Drove alone	79.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.8%
Public transit	1.1%	2.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.9%
Other means	3.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	96.0%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Gardnertown	Montgomery
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1956	1982