Faxon vs Montgomery

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (1,379 vs 834 in Faxon). Faxon has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $126,200 in Montgomery). Since 2019, Montgomery's population has grown faster (-7.0% vs -33.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Faxon	Montgomery
Population	834	1,379
Median age	55.3 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,490
Median home value	$191,000	$126,200
Median gross rent	—	$894
Housing units	441	635
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faxon	Montgomery
Population	1,255 → 834 (-33.5%)	1,483 → 1,379 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$76,741 → $80,148 (+4.4%)	$53,859 → $56,490 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$191,000 → $191,000 (+0.0%)	$107,400 → $126,200 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $772 (+3.8%)	$773 → $894 (+15.7%)

Faxon

Population

1,255834

Median household income

$76,741$80,148

Median home value

$191,000$191,000

Median gross rent

$744$772

Montgomery

Population

1,4831,379

Median household income

$53,859$56,490

Median home value

$107,400$126,200

Median gross rent

$773$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faxon	Montgomery
Under 5	2.0%	11.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	5.9%	22.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.4%
75 and over	25.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faxon	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faxon	Montgomery
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	10.0%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faxon	Montgomery
Drove alone	91.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faxon	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Faxon	Montgomery
Poverty rate	3.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1954	1938