Hughesville vs Montgomery

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

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

Hughesville has the higher population (2,439 vs 1,379 in Montgomery). Hughesville has the higher median household income ($63,409 vs $56,490 in Montgomery). Hughesville has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $126,200 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Hughesville	Montgomery
Population	2,439	1,379
Median age	44.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,409	$56,490
Median home value	$201,300	$126,200
Median gross rent	$866	$894
Housing units	1,121	635
Homeownership rate	45.9%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughesville	Montgomery
Population	2,280 → 2,439 (+7.0%)	1,483 → 1,379 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$53,922 → $63,409 (+17.6%)	$53,859 → $56,490 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $201,300 (+43.7%)	$107,400 → $126,200 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $866 (+33.2%)	$773 → $894 (+15.7%)

Hughesville

Population

2,2802,439

Median household income

$53,922$63,409

Median home value

$140,100$201,300

Median gross rent

$650$866

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)

	Hughesville	Montgomery
Under 5	5.8%	11.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	22.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	18.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.4%
75 and over	7.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughesville	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughesville	Montgomery
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughesville	Montgomery
Drove alone	76.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughesville	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	60.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Hughesville	Montgomery
Poverty rate	18.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938