Montgomery vs Reading

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (10,816 vs 10,490 in Reading). Montgomery has the higher median household income ($148,438 vs $60,167 in Reading). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($505,800 vs $184,200 in Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Reading
Population	10,816	10,490
Median age	44.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$148,438	$60,167
Median home value	$505,800	$184,200
Median gross rent	$1,507	$871
Housing units	4,224	5,110
Homeownership rate	88.9%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Reading
Population	10,782 → 10,816 (+0.3%)	10,353 → 10,490 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$131,111 → $148,438 (+13.2%)	$56,137 → $60,167 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$374,000 → $505,800 (+35.2%)	$129,400 → $184,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,507 (+27.4%)	$726 → $871 (+20.0%)

Montgomery

Population

10,78210,816

Median household income

$131,111$148,438

Median home value

$374,000$505,800

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,507

Reading

Population

10,35310,490

Median household income

$56,137$60,167

Median home value

$129,400$184,200

Median gross rent

$726$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Reading
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.7%
75 and over	10.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	82.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Reading
No high school diploma	1.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	8.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Reading
Drove alone	73.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	16.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Reading
1-unit, detached	87.3%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	14.8%
20 or more units	3.9%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Reading
Poverty rate	2.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1975	1955