Montgomery vs Oval

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

Montgomery and Oval 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 418 in Oval). Oval has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $56,490 in Montgomery). Oval has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $126,200 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Oval
Population	1,379	418
Median age	31.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,490	$85,625
Median home value	$126,200	$200,000
Median gross rent	$894	—
Housing units	635	166
Homeownership rate	59.1%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Oval
Population	1,483 → 1,379 (-7.0%)	387 → 418 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$53,859 → $56,490 (+4.9%)	$54,432 → $85,625 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $126,200 (+17.5%)	$149,200 → $200,000 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $894 (+15.7%)	$2,050 → $2,068 (+0.9%)

Montgomery

Population

1,4831,379

Median household income

$53,859$56,490

Median home value

$107,400$126,200

Median gross rent

$773$894

Oval

Population

387418

Median household income

$54,432$85,625

Median home value

$149,200$200,000

Median gross rent

$2,050$2,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Oval
Under 5	11.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	22.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	6.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.3%
75 and over	4.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Oval
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Oval
No high school diploma	6.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Oval
Drove alone	81.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Oval
1-unit, detached	62.5%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Oval
Poverty rate	8.5%	24.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1938	1975