Montoursville vs Williamsport

A side-by-side comparison of Montoursville and Williamsport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Williamsport has the higher population (27,629 vs 4,711 in Montoursville). Montoursville has the higher median household income ($60,514 vs $49,363 in Williamsport). Montoursville has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $146,500 in Williamsport).

Population, income & housing

	Montoursville	Williamsport
Population	4,711	27,629
Median age	39.7 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,514	$49,363
Median home value	$196,300	$146,500
Median gross rent	$944	$825
Housing units	2,314	13,137
Homeownership rate	59.6%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montoursville	Williamsport
Population	4,458 → 4,711 (+5.7%)	28,562 → 27,629 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$56,622 → $60,514 (+6.9%)	$39,990 → $49,363 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$166,600 → $196,300 (+17.8%)	$110,700 → $146,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $944 (+4.0%)	$763 → $825 (+8.1%)

Montoursville

Population

4,4584,711

Median household income

$56,622$60,514

Median home value

$166,600$196,300

Median gross rent

$908$944

Williamsport

Population

28,56227,629

Median household income

$39,990$49,363

Median home value

$110,700$146,500

Median gross rent

$763$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montoursville	Williamsport
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	19.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.6%
75 and over	11.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montoursville	Williamsport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montoursville	Williamsport
No high school diploma	6.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montoursville	Williamsport
Drove alone	81.9%	63.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	12.7%
Public transit	2.8%	4.0%
Walked	10.1%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montoursville	Williamsport
1-unit, detached	67.2%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Montoursville	Williamsport
Poverty rate	11.0%	25.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1957	1938