Montgomery vs Mount Hope

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

Montgomery and Mount Hope 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 1,369 in Mount Hope). Mount Hope has the higher median household income ($26,983 vs $26,797 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $91,900 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
Population	1,635	1,369
Median age	46.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$26,797	$26,983
Median home value	$117,300	$91,900
Median gross rent	$628	$545
Housing units	921	665
Homeownership rate	38.1%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
Population	1,592 → 1,635 (+2.7%)	980 → 1,369 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$23,625 → $26,797 (+13.4%)	$23,333 → $26,983 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $117,300 (+51.9%)	$67,600 → $91,900 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$474 → $628 (+32.5%)	$268 → $545 (+103.4%)

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 Hope

Population

9801,369

Median household income

$23,333$26,983

Median home value

$67,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$268$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	18.3%
75 and over	7.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	6.9%	15.5%
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	16.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	40.6%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
Drove alone	73.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	13.4%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	43.8%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	10.2%
20 or more units	17.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	29.8%	26.8%
Average household size	2.00	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1972	1951