Ansted vs Montgomery

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (1,635 vs 1,210 in Ansted). Ansted has the higher median household income ($54,327 vs $26,797 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $74,900 in Ansted).

Population, income & housing

	Ansted	Montgomery
Population	1,210	1,635
Median age	46.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,327	$26,797
Median home value	$74,900	$117,300
Median gross rent	$725	$628
Housing units	646	921
Homeownership rate	76.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansted	Montgomery
Population	1,362 → 1,210 (-11.2%)	1,592 → 1,635 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$35,197 → $54,327 (+54.4%)	$23,625 → $26,797 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $74,900 (+0.4%)	$77,200 → $117,300 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $725 (+7.9%)	$474 → $628 (+32.5%)

Ansted

Population

1,3621,210

Median household income

$35,197$54,327

Median home value

$74,600$74,900

Median gross rent

$672$725

Montgomery

Population

1,5921,635

Median household income

$23,625$26,797

Median home value

$77,200$117,300

Median gross rent

$474$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansted	Montgomery
Under 5	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	10.2%
18 to 24	13.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	18.2%
75 and over	10.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansted	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansted	Montgomery
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansted	Montgomery
Drove alone	64.2%	73.2%
Carpooled	25.2%	6.9%
Public transit	2.2%	3.7%
Walked	0.0%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansted	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	75.7%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	19.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ansted	Montgomery
Poverty rate	14.4%	29.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1959	1972