Garden View vs Montgomery

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

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

Garden View has the higher population (2,510 vs 1,379 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median household income ($56,490 vs $46,528 in Garden View). Garden View has the higher median home value ($128,800 vs $126,200 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Garden View	Montgomery
Population	2,510	1,379
Median age	37.3 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,528	$56,490
Median home value	$128,800	$126,200
Median gross rent	$1,018	$894
Housing units	1,340	635
Homeownership rate	60.6%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden View	Montgomery
Population	2,779 → 2,510 (-9.7%)	1,483 → 1,379 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$54,722 → $46,528 (-15.0%)	$53,859 → $56,490 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $128,800 (+11.4%)	$107,400 → $126,200 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,018 (+9.0%)	$773 → $894 (+15.7%)

Garden View

Population

2,7792,510

Median household income

$54,722$46,528

Median home value

$115,600$128,800

Median gross rent

$934$1,018

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)

	Garden View	Montgomery
Under 5	7.0%	11.4%
5 to 17	8.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	2.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	22.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.4%
75 and over	8.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden View	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden View	Montgomery
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden View	Montgomery
Drove alone	72.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden View	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	51.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Garden View	Montgomery
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1975	1938