Montgomery vs Mount Carbon

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

Montgomery and Mount Carbon 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 519 in Mount Carbon). Mount Carbon has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $117,300 in Montgomery). Since 2019, Mount Carbon's population has grown faster (+33.4% vs +2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
Population	1,635	519
Median age	46.2 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$26,797	—
Median home value	$117,300	$275,000
Median gross rent	$628	—
Housing units	921	190
Homeownership rate	38.1%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
Population	1,592 → 1,635 (+2.7%)	389 → 519 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$23,625 → $26,797 (+13.4%)	—
Median home value	$77,200 → $117,300 (+51.9%)	$140,300 → $275,000 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$474 → $628 (+32.5%)	—

Montgomery

Population

1,5921,635

Median household income

$23,625$26,797

Median home value

$77,200$117,300

Median gross rent

$474$628

Mount Carbon

Population

389519

Median home value

$140,300$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	19.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	18.2%	13.1%
75 and over	7.3%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	98.1%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
No high school diploma	12.3%	21.1%
High school graduate	40.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	2.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
Drove alone	73.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
1-unit, detached	43.8%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	17.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Mount Carbon
Poverty rate	29.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1972	1979