Montrose vs Thornwood

A side-by-side comparison of Montrose and Thornwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thornwood has the higher population (4,405 vs 3,702 in Montrose). Thornwood has the higher median household income ($186,635 vs $143,496 in Montrose). Thornwood has the higher median home value ($654,600 vs $439,900 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Thornwood
Population	3,702	4,405
Median age	33.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$143,496	$186,635
Median home value	$439,900	$654,600
Median gross rent	$1,854	$2,245
Housing units	1,261	1,509
Homeownership rate	82.3%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Thornwood
Population	3,270 → 3,702 (+13.2%)	4,186 → 4,405 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$91,000 → $143,496 (+57.7%)	$124,750 → $186,635 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$360,200 → $439,900 (+22.1%)	$606,600 → $654,600 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,854 (+47.7%)	$1,722 → $2,245 (+30.4%)

Montrose

Population

3,2703,702

Median household income

$91,000$143,496

Median home value

$360,200$439,900

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,854

Thornwood

Population

4,1864,405

Median household income

$124,750$186,635

Median home value

$606,600$654,600

Median gross rent

$1,722$2,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Thornwood
Under 5	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	22.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.5%
75 and over	3.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Thornwood
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Thornwood
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	17.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Thornwood
Drove alone	61.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	12.4%	1.9%
Public transit	8.4%	10.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Thornwood
1-unit, detached	68.1%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Thornwood
Poverty rate	6.4%	3.7%
Average household size	3.23	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1958	1960